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• Sometimes being a low population country can also be a problem. Iceland with a population of 360,000 now has 250 cases, translating into 70 cases per 100,000 people - the highest in the world.
• Mossad messed up: Israel's intelligence service Mossad has come under fire after it bought 100,000 Covid-19 testing kits that turned out to be incomplete, because they do not contain a patented liquid the swabs need to be dipped into. .
• Brexit negotiator for the EU Michel Barnier has tested positive for the coronavirus. 

• Mauritius has announced its first three cases of coronavirus, all international travellers - a man from London and two cruise ship workers. 
• Chasing the virus: An Assamese waiter working in Kerala, and suspected of being exposed to a coronavirus patient jumped quarantine and escaped. Police and the Indian Railways tracked him down in a joint effort after his phone pings showed him on a train to Assam. He was caught on the Kanchanjunga Express and hauled back into quarantine. The man has not yet tested positive.  
• Two new cases in Lucknow, and two new cases in Maharashtra of coronavirus reported. Religious organizations in Maharashtra have suspended gatherings and services. 
• Indigo and Vistara are reportedly considering grounding domestic flights temporarily to limit travel as governments work to control the coronavirus.
• China says that its domestic challenge with coronavirus is now over, with no new local infections. All new infections are now among international visitors and being quarantined. The government said that it would be able to report conclusively in the next few weeks. 
• Raman Gangakhedkar, the head of ICMR- NIV, said that no evidence of community transmission has emerged in the random testing conducted so far. 
• Several London Underground stations are closing as the city tightens measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
• Two women in Mumbai have tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, taking Maharashtra's total cases to 47.
• Chinese officials in Brazil tweeted that Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, has a "mental virus" after he said that China was to blame for the epidemic.
• Australia's Central Bank has cut interest rates for the second time this month by 25 basis points, bringing the cash rate to 0.25%.
• The United Arab Emirates said it is suspending the issue of all types of work permits and the entry of valid residence visa holders who are still abroad, for two weeks.
• A 20 year old man who travelled from Delhi to Tamil Nadu has tested positive for coronavirus, India's first case with no international travel history. India currently has 161 cases, including 25 foreigners. 
• The US Federal Reserve has announced relief for mutual funds, via $10 billion in emergency loans. 
• US markets have continued to fall sharply and closed 5% lower, despite the stimulus announced by the government, spooked by the rapid spread of cases within the country. The S&P500 fell over 6% as state governments announced new restrictions on movement, and closed malls and stores. 
• US markets have lost their 'Trump bump', the rise in stocks that began after Trump's inauguration in January 2017. The Dow Jones industrial average fell below that closing level on Wednesday. 
• The UK FTSE and Germany's DAX also closed lower, ending -4% and -5.6% down respectively.
• Facebook is launching a 'coronavirus information centre' which will show updates from national health services at the top of Instagram and Facebook feeds. This is first launching in Italy, France, Germany, Spain, the UK and the US, which are among the top affected countries.
• With most colleges in the US suspending classes, the Indian Embassy has issued guidelines for students seeking assistance. 
• Pharma giant Pfizer says that it’s working on a potential COVID-19 vaccine with German firm BioNTech. It's one among several companies racing to build a vaccine, although even with best efforts a vaccine may be well over a year away. 
• As cases grow in the United States, the country is temporarily suspending routine immigrant and non-immigrant visa services from Wednesday in most countries worldwide. The US did not specify in which countries they were halting services, but said emergency visa services would continue.
• Chinese authorities have delivered over one million masks to France, which is deep in the grip of the virus, with over 9000 testing positive.
• Coronavirus cases in Pakistan climb to 260. The country has recorded two deaths. 
• Germany is expanding entry restrictions into the country to include flights from Italy, Spain, Austria, France, Luxembourg, Denmark and Switzerland. While such internal restrictions are typically not within the legal framework of the EU, many EU countries are now ignoring these guidelines. 
• UK's shadow foreign minister Lloyd Russell-Moyle has said he's tested positive for the coronavirus.

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