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#Coronavirus updates:

• Death toll tops 4,000
• China president Xi visits Wuhan
• Italy - a country of some 60 million people - on lockdown

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The whole of Italy - a country of some 60 million people - has been placed under quarantine as government steps up efforts to tackle the #coronavirus.

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All of Italy is on lockdown to prevent the spread of #coronavirus, as WHO warns a pandemic is “very real”.

- Morocco reports its first #coronavirus death
- Sixth person dies in the UK as cases rise to 373
- DRC confirms its first case, a Belgian citizen

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Qatar bans smoking shisha in all cafes and restaurants as a preventative measure against #coronavirus aje.io/7kzlw

The family of a woman who died of #coronavirus in Italy made a plea after being forced to keep her body at home when funeral services refused to collect it aje.io/ju52y

Italy sees 168 #coronavirus deaths in a single day, raising the death toll to more than 631.

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'#Coronavirus lethality in Italy higher than China,' says Italian public health expert Nino Cartabellotta on the outbreak aje.io/utzf4