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Losses on Asian stock markets mount as Saudi Arabia bans entry of religious pilgrims over virus fears. Follow our live news Trump puts VP Pence in charge of US response Staff at Australian hospital racially abused over coronavirus panic More new cases outside China than inside, says WHO Coronavirus map: how Covid-19 is spreading across the world Inquiry opens into hospitals at centre of Italy outbreak 5.04am GMT Questions now, and the first one is: what does this plan mean in practical terms? Hunt: “The position in relation to quarantine powers actually came with the activation of the biosecurity act and the chief medical officer’s declaration on January 21. What this does is it now moves to a full preparation phase for all of the supply chains, the medicines, we’re working on national inventories and the national medical stockpile.” 5.01am GMT The health minister Greg Hunt is explaining that the declaration in January by the country’s chief health officer, that this was a disease of pandemic potential, triggered a series of actions in Australia, including the engagement of various state and national bodies like the national critical care and trauma centre (which usually runs responses and deployments to overseas natural disasters). As a quick aside, Morrison says the travel ban for China will continue, and will be monitored weekly. 4.57am GMT We are well into this announcement by Morrison that Australia is getting ahead of the World Health Organisation and is implementing a pandemic response plan, despite the WHO not declaring a pandemic. He is yet to provide any detail of what this plan is, or how/if it will change anything for Australian people’s daily life. 4.56am GMT While Morrison’s announcement has some sense of alarm to it, he is also reassuring people. “There is no need for us to be moving to having mass gatherings of people stop. You the football and the cricket and play with your friends down the street, you can go after the concert and you can go out for a Chinese meal. You can do all of these things becauseAustralia has acted quickly, Australia has gone ahead of this at this point in time. But to stay ahead of it we need to now elevate our response to the next phase.” 4.54am GMT The Australian Border Force commissioner will report to government “as possible on additional measures that would be required a tour various ports of entry to ensure we are able to identify any persons coming from wherever in the world that may require additional information in terms of being self quarantined or other forms of quarantine that may be necessary The education minister will engage with state counterparts on the management of schools. 4.51am GMT Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has announced the implementation of a Coronavirus emergency response plan. “There is every indication the world will soon enter the pandemic phase of the virus,” he has just told reporters. 4.35am GMT Australia’s health minister, Greg Hunt earlier told the country’s parliament that they were as well-prepared as anywhere else. “The arc of the virus continues to expand,” he said, noting the growing list of countries diagnosing cases. 4.24am GMT Via the AP, South Korea has followed China in expressing dismay at travel restrictions imposed by other countries. About 40 nations and regions so far have prohibited or restricted South Korean visitors, according to Lee Lee Tae-ho, Seoul’s second vice minister of foreign affairs, who described such moves as excessive and said his government has been effectively utilising its world-best quarantine capabilities. 4.02am GMT Hello and welcome to our continuing coverage of the coronavirus. Here’s a quick summary of the latest developments. If you’re looking for more detail you can catch up with the earlier blog over here. Continue reading…
