A strong UAE and Middle East participation is expected at the event which celebrates and rewards excellence in golf
853,838 cases, 91 per cent of the total, have been confirmed outside mainland China. However, 99.9 per cent of the cases added in the last week have been reported outside mainland China. Here are the latest updates on the spread of the coronavirus around the world:
The post-coronavirus world will be different and much more digital than before, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
"One thing that's clear is that we're seeing the mass digitalization of human relations with the crisis, and that will have an inevitable impact," Guterres told Efe news in a telephonic interview.
The flip side, he cautioned, was that there would be a much greater need to create "regulation and other mechanisms so all that development of the digital world is done for the benefit of humanity and that the risks that exist, and are well known, can be avoided".
Another impact of the fight against the coronavirus, at least in the short term, is a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the confinement measures and the abrupt halt to economic activity in many parts of the globe.
In that regard, Guterres said the world must "use this opportunity to provide a very strong push towards sustainable development" and towards meeting the established climate targets, although he stressed that no virus can solve the climate crisis.
British consumers will receive a three-month freeze on loan and credit card payments to weather the coronavirus epidemic, under plans outlined by the country's financial regulator.
The "stop-gap" package complements relief measures already announced by the government to support mortgage-holders, furloughed staff, renters and the self-employed. It includes pledges to slash interest rates on arranged overdrafts up to 500 pounds to zero, for up to three months.
The Financial Conduct Authority said it was conducting a brief public consultation until next Monday, and the measures would be expected to come into force by April 9. It will make a further announcement about the measures next week.
New coronavirus infections rose nearly 8 per cent overnight to 110,238, placing Spain close to Italy, the country that so far has the worst outbreak in Europe.
Health authorities say contagion in Spain has dropped from a daily average of 20 per cent until March 25 to less than 12 per cent after that date, more than 10 days after Spaniards were ordered to stay home.
The founder and chief executive officer Eric Yuan said that Zoom usage has taken off over the last few weeks, with more than 90,000 schools across 20 countries, using its video conferencing services to conduct classes remotely.
Testing was the solution to "unlock the puzzle" of the novel coronavirus, said the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was currently in self-isolation after contracting the disease which has infected 29,865 people and killed 2,357 others in the country.
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"I want to say a special word about testing, because it is so important, and as I have said for weeks and weeks, this is the way through," the BBC quoted the prime minister as saying in a video message on Twitter on Wednesday evening.
"This is how we will unlock the coronavirus puzzle. This is how we will defeat it in the end."
Johnson said more coronavirus testing would enable staff who were self-isolating, either because they had symptoms or shared a household with someone who was sick, to know if they were safe to work.
Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman went into isolation after being diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, his office said, forcing more senior officials into self-quarantine.
Litzman is in isolation with his wife who has been infected, reports Xinhua news agency. "The minister and his wife feel well and are being treated," the Health Ministry said in an official statement.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has had frequent meetings with Litzman, "was updated with the details", the statement said.
The two were seen side by side during televised remarks eight days ago.
As per the latest updates, 6,211 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in Israel and 31 have died so far.
The passengers arrived at Travis AFB on March 9 where they received daily screening for Covid-19 symptoms, basic medical care for other health conditions, meals, quarantine-appropriate activities, and transportation to their final destinations, all by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Base said in a statement on Wednesday.
A Texas-based Indian techie, who was tested positive for the novel coronavirus, was in critical condition and on ventilator support, according to a media report.
The 42-year-old Rohan Bavadekar is currently admitted at the St Luke's hospital in Texas, the American Bazaar said in the report on Wednesday. A father of three young children, Bavadekar urgently needs a blood donor with blood groups A or B, according to the doctors at the hospital.
In a Facebook post, the IT professional's wife, Manasi Gokhale, said: "My beloved husband, Rohan, has been severely stricken with the dreaded Covid-19. He is desperately ill and has been hospitalized for the past week."
The hospital has been unable to find a plasma match for him up till now.
Friends and well-wishers of the family are spreading the word in the Houston area to try and look for a possible match that can save Bavadekar's life.
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