Coronavirus Pandemic | Live Updates on Covid-19 – Part 1

South Korea designates third city as “special care zone” as country hits 5,700 coronavirus cases and 35 deaths

March 5, 2020

South Korea designated the southeastern city of Gyeongsan as a third “special care zone” today as coronavirus cases continue to rise in the country.

The other two “special care zones” are Daegu, a southern city where most of the Shincheonji-linked cases have occurred, and Cheongdo, right outside Daegu.

Spain confirms its second coronavirus death, 219 confirmed cases

March 5, 2020

Iran is developing a coronavirus vaccine and is ready to start producing test kits

March 5, 2020

Netflix pulls out of SXSW conference due to coronavirus fears

March 5, 2020

Facebook closes an office in Seattle after worker is confirmed to have coronavirus

March 5, 2020

The US military is now screening recruits for coronavirus

March 5, 2020

Countries that are reporting deaths due to Coronavirus Outbreak

March 5, 2020

China (3000+)

Australia (2 deaths)

France (4 deaths)

Hong Kong (2 deaths)

Iran (92 deaths)

Iraq (2 death)

Italy (107 deaths)

Japan (12 deaths)

Philippines (1 death)

South Korea (35 deaths)

Spain (2 death)

Taiwan (1 death)

Thailand (1 death)

United States (11 deaths)

Australia’s trouble with panic buying  

March 5, 2020

A truck carrying toilet paper has burst into flames in Brisbane, Australia. The country is now grappling with panic buying of basic necessities by people who are stocking up and preparing for a stay-indoor situation due to the coronavirus outbreak. continue to cause worried shoppers to stock up on such as toilet paper.

On Wednesday, major Australian supermarket chain Woolworths announced that customers would only be allowed to buy four packs of toilet paper per transaction in order to “ensure more customers have access to the product.”

Total Number of coronavirus cases in the US – 159

March 5, 2020

29 coronavirus cases confirmed in India

March 5, 2020

Netanyahu orders Israelis to stop shaking hands, suggests following Indian custom of namaste instead.

March 5, 2020

California governor declares state of emergency over coronavirus

March 5, 2020

Google cancels conference due to coronavirus scare

March 5, 2020

After Facebook canceled its F8 developer conference and Google moved its Cloud Next event in April to a digital-only conference, Google is again canceling its I/O developer conference in Mountain View for 2020 as well.