27-02-2020 05:35 via theguardian.com

Coronavirus latest updates: Trump says risk to US 'very low' as authorities warn of escalation

Losses on Asian stock markets mount as Saudi Arabia bans entry of religious pilgrims over virus fears. Follow live newsTrump puts VP Pence in charge of US responseStaff at Australian hospital racially abused over coronavirus panicMore new cases outside China than inside, says WHOCoronavirus map: how Covid-19 is spreading across the worldInquiry opens into hospitals at centre of Italy outbreak 4.35am GMT Australia’s health minister, Greg Hunt earlier told the country’s parliament that
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