{"id":15203,"date":"2020-02-29T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T03:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/feb\/29\/coronavirus-live-updates-latest-news-china-wuhan-stock-markets-update"},"modified":"2020-03-01T04:10:33","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T19:10:33","slug":"coronavirus-latest-updates-us-postpones-asean-summit-south-korea-reports-594-new-cases-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=15203","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: South Korea reports &#8216;critical moment&#8217; after 813 new cases &ndash; latest updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US confirms first death in Washington state and strengthens travel advice, raising Iran and Italy to a level three. Follow live news<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/feb\/29\/joe-biden-trump-coronavirus-hoax-claim\">US: first death follows Trump claim outbreak is a hoax<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/travel\/2020\/feb\/28\/which-countries-have-coronavirus-travel-restrictions-in-place\">Which countries have travel restrictions in place?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2020\/feb\/28\/will-the-olympics-be-cancelled-the-sports-events-coronavirus-threatens\">Will the Olympics be cancelled? Sports events under threat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2020\/feb\/27\/coronavirus-could-trigger-damage-on-scale-of-2008-financial-crisis-covid-19\">Biggest one-day fall on US stock market<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2020\/jan\/23\/tell-us-have-you-been-affected-by-the-coronavirus\">Share your experiences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-02-29T19:10:33.697Z\">7.10pm <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>Pence is up now. He expresses condolences to the family of the \u201cwoman in Washington state who has lost her life to the coronavirus\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s Governor Inslee\u2019s statement saying the person who died was a man:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: First death from Coronavirus in Washington State &#8211; awaiting details on patient said to be from King County &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovInslee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovInslee<\/a> statement <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KIRORadio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KIRORadio<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/973FM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#973FM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TjlmhRIeBB\">pic.twitter.com\/TjlmhRIeBB<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-02-29T19:04:09.615Z\">7.04pm <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>Trump says his administration has taken \u201cthe most aggressive action in modern history to confront this disease\u201d and says moving quickly has put the US ahead of the game. China seems to be making tremendous progress, he says, and \u201ctheir numbers are way down\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is repeating his \u201cmost aggressive\u201d claim for the US response, in comparison to all other countries. On Monday, he says, he\u2019ll be meeting pharmaceutical companies to discuss a developing a vaccine \u201cvery rapidly\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <span>Related: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/feb\/28\/trump-calls-coronavirus-outbreak-a-hoax-and-links-it-to-immigration-at-rally\">Trump calls coronavirus criticism Democrats&#8217; &#8216;new hoax&#8217; and links it to immigration<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/feb\/29\/coronavirus-live-updates-latest-news-china-wuhan-stock-markets-update\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US confirms first death in Washington state and strengthens travel advice, raising Iran and Italy to a level three. 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