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A cricket fan turns up at the Sydney Cricket Ground in a gas mask after Cricket Australia banned spectators from venues for the three-match series between Australia and New Zealand in Sydney on March 13, 2020. Educational establishments in France will be shut for the next two weeks "at least", due to the coronavirus, a minister said, describing the move as part of a nationwide "applying of the brakes" to halt the spread of Covid-19.
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton was in the United States last week for a meeting with members of the FiveEyes intelligence alliance –– Australia, the United States, Britain, Canada and New Zealand –– that included Barr. Koca tweeted that the second patient, whose test results came on Thursday evening, was from the circle of people close the first patient diagnosed on Wednesday.Japan's parliament on Friday approved a bill giving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe emergency powers that will let him close schools, halt large gatherings and requisition medical supplies as Japan tries to slow the coronavirus outbreak.
The US Food and Drug Administration issued emergency authorisation for a faster coronavirus test made by Swiss diagnostics maker Roche, a move aimed at boosting screening capacity to help contain the growing epidemic. US testing was hampered by flawed kits distributed by the federal government in February, which gave some false results. That set the country back in containing an outbreak that has infected more than 122,000 people worldwide and more than 1,660 in the United States.Dubai announced it would hold a major horse race without spectators later this month in response to the new coronavirus.
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