Coronavirus live updates: stock markets plunge on global recession fears
With cases spiking sharply across Europe and emergency measures in place from California to Saudi Arabia, investors have sent shares tumbling. Follow all the developments live.
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The Australian Securities Exchange is now down 5.5%.
US senator Ted Cruz has released a statement saying he “briefly interacted with an individual who is currently symptomatic and has tested positive for Covid-19” while at the Conservative Political Action Conference ten days ago.
Today I released the following statement: pic.twitter.com/XGXEa4ozcg
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