Coronavirus live updates: global cases top quarter of a million, as Italy sees biggest daily rise in deaths
Death toll in Spain reaches 1,000 as Germany threatens further curfews and UK government discusses new London clampdown
- Italy and Spain record highest single-day death tolls
- New York announces all non-essential workers must stay home
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Pence’s press secretary, Katie Miller, has said the vice president’s office office was notified about the staffer’s positive test on Friday evening. The statement did not name the individual.
“Further contact tracing is being conducted in accordance with CDC guidelines,” she said, referring to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cuba is going to stop allowing foreigners to enter the island, with the exception of residents, in a bid to contain the outbreak, its president Miguel Diaz-Canel has said.
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