Health
Israel to bring in 14-day quarantine for all arrivals
Israel will require all citizens who return from abroad to self-quarantine for 14 days as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus, ...Spain shuts schools in Madrid region and Basque capital over coronavirus
Schools and universities in the Madrid region will close for two weeks starting on Wednesday as a precaution against coronavirus, Health Minister ...Europe told to act now as coronavirus locks down north Italy and markets plunge
Italy’s prime minister promised “massive shock therapy” to beat the coronavirus on Monday and urged Europe to act decisively after markets plunged ...Markets plunge, Italy locked down as virus spreads
Financial markets around the world crashed on Monday and millions of people in northern Italy were in lockdown as officials struggled to ...Saudi seals off Shiite-majority region, closes schools over coronavirus
Saudi authorities Sunday cordoned off the eastern region of Qatif, a stronghold of the kingdom’s Shiite minority, in a bid to contain ...Quarter of Italian population put under virus lockdown
More than 15 million people were placed under forced quarantine in northern Italy early Sunday as the government approved drastic measures in ...Thousands rally in Asia for International Women’s Day despite virus fears
Thousands took to the streets across Asia for International Women’s Day on Sunday even as the coronavirus outbreak forced the cancellation of ...Argentina announces first coronavirus death in Latin America
A 64-year-old man died in Argentina as a result of the new coronavirus, the first such death in Latin America, health authorities ...US cruise ship in limbo as anti-virus controls spread
Officials in California were deciding Saturday where to dock a cruise ship with 21 coronavirus cases aboard and four U.S. universities canceled ...Global coronavirus cases reach 100,000
Crossing more borders, the new coronavirus hit a milestone Friday, infecting more than 100,000 people worldwide as it wove itself deeper into ...