after brazil confirmed its first coronavirus patient this week cases have now been reported from every continent except antarctica forcing countries to take drastic measures for its containment italy has at least 11 towns on lockdown while parts of uk japan iran and germany have shut down schools in california 8400 people are being monitored for the virus several countries including india have either lowered flight frequency to affected countries or issued travel advisories saudi arabia has banned foreign pilgrims amid a warning from the world health organisation that the new coronavirus has pandemic potential toi tracks its global march as the death toll touches 2867 and confirmed cases cross 83000 on fridayin us preparation for pandemicon his indian visit us president donald trump cast coronavirus as a problem thats going to go away but experts disagree the us state department and centres for disease control and prevention cdc said it expects covid19 to spread in the us dr nancy messonnier director of cdcs national center for immunization and respiratory diseases was quoted by cbs news as saying its not so much a question of if this will happen any more but more of a question of exactly when this will happen the us has recorded 60 confirmed cases and trump has announced a new team led by vice president mike pence to tackle the virustourists trapped as europe locks downitalian towns in the northern regions of lombardy and veneto remain under lockdown with schools churches and markets shut with the country reporting 655 cases and 17 deaths the vatican is shutting all catacombs open to public as humidity and limited space in the underground burial sites can favour spread of the virus according to cnbc neighbours are nervous tooseveral european countries now have confirmed cases and many of them can be traced back to italyearlier this week a dozen uk schools sent home students and teachers who had returned from skiing trips in the italian alps according to the guardian about 1000 holidaymakers and workers were quarantined in a hotel in tenerife a top destination in spains canary islands after two italian guests tested positiveindia issues travel advisoriesiran one of the worstaffected nations outside china said its deputy health minister iraj harirchi tested positive for the coronavirus by friday 34 people had died out of 338 positive cases dubai and uae have halted all flights to iran and several nations have advised citizens to avoid travel thereindia has issued an advisory that people coming from iran south korea and italy or having such travel history since february 10 2020 may be quarantined for 14 days on arrival travel to singapore is also not advised on thursday india temporarily suspended visa on arrival services for nationals of japan and south korea south korea which has the largest outbreak outside mainland china has recorded 13 deaths and at least 2337 confirmed casesjapans botched quarantinemedia reports have quoted japans health minister as admitting that many who were allowed to disembark the quarantined