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The journalist, who was isolated in Copenhagen away from his family until he was declared virus free by doctors, was the first person in Denmark to test positive for coronavirus after returning home from a holiday in northern Italy.

The Lancet study is the first time researchers have examined risk factors associated with severe disease and death in hospitalised adults who have either died or been discharged from hospital.

Business travel to Asia has been the worst hit due to the coronavirus outbreak, with widespread reports of flights suspension of all or most trips to China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other Asia-Pacific countries.

Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said a lot of patients with confirmed coronavirus infection did not minimise social contact despite being aware of the issue.

"I imagine everybody will be on absolutely best behaviour," royal biographer Penny Junor said. "But goodness knows what they will all be thinking privately."

Trump, who has been accused of peddling misinformation on the outbreak, blamed the media in an early morning tweet for trying to make his government "look bad" as criticism mounted with nearly 500 cases recorded.

Toilet paper has emerged as the unlikely No.1 stockpiling target for people worried that the spread of the coronavirus epidemic will lead to supply shortages.

The OPEC cartel of oil-producing countries and its allies failed to reach a deal on production cuts Friday, after Moscow refused to tighten supply to counter the effects of the outbreak, sending oil prices tumbling.

The turmoil is expected to push Italy back into recession and weigh more broadly on the European economy, with trade-focused countries like Germany, France and Britain also struggling.

The Taliban said they were not involved in the attack, which came less than a week after the US and the group signed an ambitious peace deal that lays out a path for the withdrawal of American forces from the country.

Pinellas County Judge Pat Siracusa spent the morning trying to get inmate Jack Pearcy to talk during a hearing about the 1985 slaying of 14-year-old Shelly Boggio.

The woman, who was also suffering from a pre-existing chronic illness, had been considered under "high risk" from the virus. COVID-19 produces mild symptoms in 80% of the cases, but for the elderly and sick it can produce severe pneumonia and multiple org...

The Afghan government has rejected releasing Taliban prisoners ahead of launching the talks, a precondition which the militants say was part of the US agreement.

The crackdown was ordered by Indonesian president Joko Widodo who has called on citizens to avoid panic buying even as store shelves are emptying fast and prices of masks and hand sanitizers keep soaring.

Staff gathered on the newsroom floor at Australian Associated Press' headquarters in Sydney were told a drop-off in subscribers in the face of free online content meant the company was "no longer viable."

German Chancellor Angela Merkel described Turkey's move as "unacceptable" and EU migration commissioner Margaritis Schinas said nobody could "blackmail or intimidate the EU".