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• Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation report - 41 WHO 01 March 2020
• WHO raises global risk of COVID-19 for two reasons: WHO chief People's Daily 01 Mar 2020 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday raised the global risk level of COVID-19 from high to very high due to two reasons, its chief said on Saturday.

United States

• Readout from the White House Coronavrius Task Force Meeting The White House 01 Mar 2020
• US scrambles to tackle virus Global Times 01 Mar 2020 -- When Western media, including American media outlets, harshly criticized failures of governance in China to properly contain COVID-19, especially flaws in the early response mechanisms, the deadly virus might have crept in many of the Western countries with insufficient awareness and few control measures in place to check its spread.
• Washington state declares state of emergency over COVID-19 outbreak People's Daily 01 Mar 2020 -- Governor Jay Inslee of the U.S. State of Washington Saturday declared a state of emergency after the state reported the first death in connection with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the United States.
• U.S. announces new travel restrictions, warnings over coronavirus concerns People's Daily 01 Mar 2020 -- The United States on Saturday announced additional travel restrictions on Iran and raised travel advisories for certain areas of Italy and South Korea over coronavirus concerns.
• US Anti-viral Drug for Coronavirus Tested for Shorter Duration Efficacy VOA 01 Mar 2020 -- A U.S. biomedical firm has announced it will begin additional clinical trials of remdesivir, so far the most promising potential drug for coronavirus, with clinical trials involving about 1,000 patients starting in March.

China

• China's Hubei reports 570 new coronavirus cases People's Daily 01 Mar 2020 -- Hubei Province, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, reported 570 new confirmed cases and 34 deaths on Saturday, the provincial health commission said Sunday.
• 2,623 recovered COVID-19 patients discharged in China on Feb. 29 People's Daily 01 Mar 2020 -- A total of 41,625 patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of Saturday, Chinese health authority said Sunday.
• 573 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection reported on Chinese mainland People's Daily 01 Mar 2020 -- Chinese health authority said Sunday it received reports of 573 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 35 deaths on Saturday on the Chinese mainland.
• Hubei extends strictest virus control Global Times 01 Mar 2020 -- The strictest measures will be continued on the containment of the COVID-19 epidemic in Central China's Hubei Province, the epicenter of the outbreak, to ensure the hard-won gains persist, according to the city regulators, a move that observers and frontline medics said is needed to prevent the province and the nation from encountering a rebound of the disease.
• China steps up efforts to prevent imported COVID-19 cases Global Times 01 Mar 2020 -- China has stepped up efforts against imported cases of COVID-19 infections amid a growing number of cases in which travelers reportedly bring the virus into China.

Europe

• Italian strain of coronavirus isolated People's Daily 01 Mar 2020 -- Researchers at the Sacco University Hospital in Milan, Italy, announced Thursday they had isolated a new strain of coronavirus, according to ANSA.
• Italy's confirmed coronavirus cases exceed 1,000 People's Daily 01 Mar 2020 -- A total of 1,049 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Italy, Civil Protection Department chief and Extraordinary Commissioner for the coronavirus emergency Angelo Borrelli said on Saturday.
• COVID-19 confirmed cases reach 100 in France: minister People's Daily 01 Mar 2020 -- In a daily press conference about the novel coronavirus outbreak, French Health General Director Jerome Salomon announced 43 new cases of coronavirus in France on Saturday, taking to 100 the total of people affected since the end of January.
• Number of Coronavirus Cases in Spain Reaches 58 - Reports Sputnik 01 Mar 2020 -- The number of people infected with the coronavirus disease, officially named COVID-19, has reached 58 in Spain, media reported on Saturday.
• Luxembourg Registers First Case of Coronavirus Disease in Country - Reports Sputnik 01 Mar 2020 -- Luxembourg has registered the first case of the coronavirus disease, officially named COVID-19, in the country, media reported on Saturday.

Iran

• Iran to build special hospital for coronavirus patients in 3 days: Official Press TV 01 Mar 2020 -- A municipal official in the central Iranian province of Yazd says the province will set up a special hospital in the city of Yazd in a matter of three days for the treatment of confirmed coronavirus patients and containing the deadly virus.
• Coronavirus death toll mounts to 54 in Iran IRNA 01 Mar 2020 -- Head of the Iran's Health Ministry's public relations office said on Saturday that the coronavirus death toll mounted to 54 in Iran out of the total figure of 987 people who have been affected by the virus.
• Iran fights against COVID-19 outbreak People's Daily 01 Mar 2020 -- Iran has adopted a series of measures to fight against the COVID-19, as the virus has killed 43 people out of 593 confirmed cases in the country as of Saturday.
• Iran steps up measures to curb coronavirus outbreak as death toll rises to 54 Press TV 01 Mar 2020 -- Iran has introduced new measures to contain the spread of a flu-like virus originating from China as the novel coronavirus infections and fatalities rise.
• Coronavirus-related hoarding could entail capital punishment: Iran Press TV 01 Mar 2020 -- Iran's prosecutor general has said that hoarding and other illegal behaviors seen as disruptive to the supply of healthcare items at the time of a coronavirus surge in the country could entail punishments as severe as the death penalty.
• Health min.: 300,000 medical teams start detecting Covid-19 cases as of Monday Press TV 01 Mar 2020 -- Iran's Health Minister Saeed Namaki says 300,000 special teams with relevant expertise will start monitoring and detecting potential cases of coronavirus infection across the country as of Monday.
• Trump Says U.S. Ready To Aid Iran In Battle Against Coronavirus If Asked RFE/RL 01 Mar 2020 -- U.S. President Donald Trump says he is ready to help Iran deal with its increasingly deadly outbreak of coronavirus if the country he has bitterly criticized and sanctioned asks for assistance.

South Korea

• S.Korean president vows to prevail over COVID-19 outbreak People's Daily 01 Mar 2020 -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed Sunday to overcome the COVID-19 outbreak through national unity at home and in cooperation with neighboring countries.
• Death Toll From COVID-19 in South Korea Rises by Three to 20 - Reports Sputnik 01 Mar 2020 -- South Korea has confirmed three more coronavirus-related deaths in the southeastern city of Daegu, which brings the total number of fatalities from the epidemic, officially named COVID-19, in the country to 20, the national Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday.

Japan

• Number of COVID-19 Cases in Japan Exceeds 940, Death Toll at 12 - Reports Sputnik 01 Mar 2020 -- The latest data from Japan's Health Ministry and local authorities demonstrate that the current number of the infected with the novel coronavirus in the country has reached 947, with the death toll of 12, NHK broadcasting company reported.

Taiwan

• Taiwan confirms 40th COVID-19 coronavirus case CNA 01 Mar 2020 -- A woman who was evacuated from the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan has been diagnosed to become Taiwan's 40th confirmed COVID-19 coronavirus case, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Sunday.

Other Countries

• Australia, Thailand, Japan Report Coronavirus Deaths VOA 01 Mar 2020 -- Australia, Thailand and Japan were among countries reporting new deaths from the coronavirus epidemic on Sunday, but in the U.S., Vice President Mike Pence sought to reassure Americans that the "risk remains low" that they will be infected.
• Coronavirus outbreak: Health scare spreads as US, Australia, Thailand confirm 1st deaths Press TV 01 Mar 2020 -- The coronavirus scare continues to grip the world, as the United States, Australia and Thailand have recorded their first deaths from the infection, which has already claimed nearly 3,000 lives globally, mostly in China, the country where the epidemic first emerged.
• Armenia Identifies First Coronavirus Case As Man Returning From Iran RFE/RL 01 Mar 2020 -- Armenia has detected its first confirmed case of a coronavirus infection, that of a 29-year-old man who recently returned with his wife from Iran, the Caucasus nation's leader says.
• Brazil Confirms Second Coronavirus Case, Patient Arrived From Italy Sputnik 01 Mar 2020 -- A second coronavirus case has been confirmed in Brazil, the country's Ministry of Health informs, saying that both cases have been "imported" from Italy.