{"id":15337,"date":"2020-03-03T10:53:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T01:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/mar\/03\/coronavirus-live-updates-china-latest-news-us-australia-deaths-markets-italy-iran-update-cases-italy-south-korea-japan"},"modified":"2020-03-03T20:58:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T11:58:13","slug":"coronavirus-live-updates-who-says-world-in-uncharted-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=15337","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus live updates: fifth of UK workforce could be absent from work at peak of epidemic, government warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong charters plane to bring 500 people back from Wuhan as China infections and deaths drop<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/mar\/03\/uk-government-coronavirus-plans-strip-fire-and-police-to-essentials-covid-19\">UK coronavirus plans would strip police and fire services to essentials<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/mar\/03\/coronavirus-south-korea-declares-war-on-outbreak-as-who-experts-arrive-in-iran\">South Korea declares \u2018war\u2019 on outbreak as WHO experts arrive in Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/mar\/03\/battling-coronavirus-misinformation-in-the-age-of-social-media\">Battling coronavirus misinformation in the age of social media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/mar\/03\/what-is-coronavirus-symptoms-covid-19-wuhan-china\">What is coronavirus and what should I do if I have symptoms?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-03-03T11:54:13.047Z\">11.54am <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>Fending off rumours that he has cancelled a raft of diary engagements because he has caught the coronavirus, <strong>France<\/strong>\u2019s president Emmanuel Macron will visit an \u201coperational crisis centre\u201d at the health ministry on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The Elys\u00e9e Palace said Macron wanted to express his \u201cgratitude and support\u201d to the teams coordinating the country\u2019s response to the health emergency. <\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-03-03T11:51:30.934Z\">11.51am <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>The UN has postponed its annual meeting on gender equality, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of events across New York next week, over concerns about transmission of the Coronavirus, the Guardian\u2019s L<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lizfordguardian?lang=en\">iz Ford writes.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Member states have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/news\/stories\/2020\/2\/announcer-csw64-advisory\">cancelled<\/a> all side events organised during the two-week Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which was to begin on Monday.<\/p>\n<p> <a 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