
– Syria banned entry of visitors from multiple countries affected by the coronavirus pandemic. It will also provide a job retention scheme to pay 80% of wages for those who cannot work due to the pandemic. – The government are deferring taxes to the end of the financial year, as well as waiving VAT for some businesses. – In his daily briefing, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that cafes, pubs, and bars to close, as well as shops, theatres and leisure centres, are to close to protect public health. – Meanwhile, the number of worldwide recoveries exceeded 88,200.Ģ0 Mar: UK closes pubs, cafes and bars, and announces other measures – The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus exceeded 11,300 globally while the total infections increased to more than 275,400, as of end of 20 March. A total of 71,740 patients had been declared cured and released from hospital. – China has a total of 81,008 cases and 3,255 deaths. – The mainland China reported 41 new cases, all of which were imported. However, the province saw seven deaths, of which six are in Wuhan. – China’s Wuhan city and its Hubei province registered no new cases for the third day in a row as of 20 March. Also, the total fatalities in the nation reached nine. – The number of cases in Turkey increased to 670 from 359 a day earlier. – This marks the eighth coronavirus death among the cruise passengers.

– Japan’s health ministry reported that a Canadian national who was on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship died of COVID-19.

– The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 147 new cases, which take the total to 8,799. The health ministry said that community transmission could not be ruled out among the new cases. – The nation confirmed 13 new cases to total 52. – People have been asked to avoid non-essential travel within the country and those aged above 70 have been advised to stay at home. – New Zeland Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern placed the country at two on a four-level COVID-19 alert system. – According to the CDC, the US has 15,268 cases and 201 deaths. – Pence’s spokeswoman said that the staff member did not have ‘close contact’ to the vice president or President Donald Trump.
