Published: March 12, 2020
New York to ban gatherings over 500 people; Arsenal coach tests positive; Australian Grand Prix cancelled, Italy deaths pass 1,000. Follow the latest news
- Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta tests positive for coronavirus
- Boris Johnson: many more people will lose loved ones to coronavirus
- Many infections spread by people yet to show symptoms – scientists
- How do coronavirus containment measures vary across Europe?
In New Zealand, Auckland mayor Phil Goff has cancelled the Pasifika festival this weekend due to coronavirus. Auckland is New Zealand’s largest city, home to more than one million people.
Goff said at least 40,000 people were expected to attend the festival from all around the Pacific region and the risk of spreading the virus to the Islands was too high.
The number of coronavirus infections globally now stands at 128,343, according to Johns Hopkins University. The virus has claimed the lives of 4,720 people since virus was first detected in China in mid December.
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