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Coronavirus latest updates: Australia bans foreign arrivals from China as deaths hit 259

China’s premier, Li Keqiang, has asked the EU to facilitate China’s urgent procurement of medical supplies from member countries, the Chinese government said.

Thailand to evacuate its nationals from China

The evacuation of Thai nationals from the centre of the coronavirus outbreak in China could take place “in a matter of days”, Thailand’s government said on Saturday.

Three officials from the Thai embassy in Beijing were expected to reach Wuhan, the capital of the central province of Hubei where the outbreak began, on Sunday to help with the evacuation, government spokeswoman Narumon Pinyosinwat said.

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The number of confirmed deaths from China’s coronavirus outbreak has risen to 259, as authorities in hardest-hit Hubei province reported 45 new fatalities.

Cases of infection in China now stand at more than 11,790.

Both the US and Australia have announced travel bans for anyone coming from mainland China, except for citizens and residents. Citizens travelling from China will be subject to a two-week quarantine.

The Trump administration has declared a public health emergency over the coronavirus outbreak.

Multiple airlines have also suspended flights to mainland China until 29 March, including Australian airline Qantas, which has cancelled flights to Shanghai and Beijing, and Air New Zealand which has suspended flights to Shanghai.

Australia now has 10 reported cases of coronavirus.

The UK government is withdrawing staff from embassies across China.

Two patients in England, who are members of the same family, have tested positive for coronavirus. They are being treated in Newcastle.

India has reported its first case of coronavirus, a student in Kerala who had studied at Wuhan University, while Russia has also reported its first two cases.

The plane carrying 83 Britons to the UK from Wuhan in China landed at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire and the evacuees were driven to a facility in Wirral, where they will stay in quarantine for the next 14 days. The UK government has promised to send another plane to evacuate any “frustrated” Britons who could not get on the first flight.

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