China coronavirus spread is accelerating, Xi Jinping warns.

China’s central province of Hubei, excluding the provincial capital Wuhan, reported zero new cases over 24 hours for the first time during the outbreak. (Reuters.com)

Coronavirus: Northern Italy to 'quarantine 16 million people':

(From BBC News)

Not easy for crews on aircrafts or cruise ships.

A relative of mine is in south Tyneside hospital with coronavirus,had three tests two were negative the third was positive?Hardly ever leaves sunderland but she visited harry potter world at warner bros studio recently,its the only place the family can think of where she has mingled with crowds and people outside of her immediate area.Out of 270+ people diagnosed with the virus in the UK she is one of the unlucky ones.

Hope she will be ok.
How old is she?

And many thousands of people still mingle at hundreds of sporting events

Mid 60's mate,a bit shocking to be honest.you realise its real when its a bit close to home,one of my sisters works for BUPA and she is quite a clued up individual and she phoned me early this morning still worried even though we got the news over the weekend.

Hope she will be OK.
Is she self-isolating?

Self isolating?She is in south Tyneside hospital,thats isolation enough,her husband is self-isolating though,but on the estate they live I am sure there will always be people at the door as its that type of community.

WHO sitreps:

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports/

I hope she will recover soon and be back home

Hope your family are fine,italy is on TV at the moment,Rome looks deserted.

Why is it that people always mention cancelling or hold behind closed doors football games ?, just held Crufts over the long weekend where many thousands worldwide visited primarily mixing indoors, The Cheltenham Festival begins today where i read some 125,000 people will be visiting over the 4 day festival, its not the congregating thats the issue, its the spreading the virus around the country/world thats the issue, Pop concerts still seem to be going ahead at this moment in time, but no primarily football which is predominently supported by british fans again gets mentioned for the chop.

Hi Heathen,
You are correct.
Every event over a certain amount of people should be cancelled, whatever the financial impact is. At least play sports games without crowds and stream them.
Peoples' lives matter.

When I was a toddler in Liverpool I remember that community spirit; people bringing an empty cup for some sugar.
It seemed to disappear as the country became more affluent.

Now 60 million people waking up in lockdown