The EU will close all external borders for 30 days from Tuesday morning, but EU citizens will be allowed to return.
Hong Kong announced it would require all arriving foreign travellers to go into two-week isolation.
In France, Emmanuel Macron put the country into almost total lockdown. In a 20 minute live broadcast, the president repeated several times: “We are at war” and said: “all infractions will be punished”.
New Zealand announced an enormous spending package to fight the economic effects of Covid-19.
Britons were told to curtail social interactions. The new government advice, something of a U-turn, came during the prime minister’s first daily press conference.
Hundreds of prisoners escaped from prisons in São Paulo state in the south-east of Brazil on Monday, the day before their day-release privileges were due to be suspended over the coronavirus outbreak.
The Taj Mahal in India closed to tourists.
