{"id":16557,"date":"2020-03-29T13:21:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T04:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/mar\/29\/coronavirus-live-news-trump-proposes-quarantine-of-new-york-and-other-hotspots"},"modified":"2020-03-29T19:20:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T10:20:56","slug":"coronavirus-live-news-trump-appears-to-back-down-on-new-york-quarantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=16557","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus live news: Spain records new highest daily death toll; Australia limits public gatherings to two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York, New Jersey and Connecticut halt non-essential travel; global deaths pass 30,000 with one-third in Italy<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/mar\/29\/coronavirus-latest-at-a-glance\">Coronavirus latest: at a glance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2020\/mar\/28\/boris-johnson-coronavirus-outbreak-will-get-worse\">Boris Johnson to warn UK: tougher lockdown may be necessary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2020\/mar\/29\/uk-coronavirus-live-mass-testing-lockdown-boris-johnson-covid-19-latest\">UK coronavirus updates \u2013 live<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/mar\/29\/australia-restricts-public-gatherings-to-two-people-among-further-coronavirus-curbs\">Australia restricts public gatherings to two people<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">See all our coronavirus coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-03-29T10:20:18.546Z\">11.20am <span class=\"timezone\">BST<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>My colleagues <strong>Shaun Walker<\/strong> and <strong>Christian Davies<\/strong> have written a story on concerns that eastern Europe might experience a surge in infections due to a lack of testing. <\/p>\n<p>So far, eastern European countries have far lower infection rates than several of their Western neighbours.<\/p>\n<p> <span>Related: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/mar\/29\/lack-of-testing-raises-fears-of-coronavirus-surge-in-eastern-europe\">Lack of testing raises fears of coronavirus surge in eastern Europe<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2020-03-29T10:15:48.674Z\">11.15am <span class=\"timezone\">BST<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>Iran announces 123 more deaths from coronavirus over the past 24 hours, which brings the country\u2019s total to 2,640, AFP reports. <\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan\u2019s health ministry confirmed seven new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours, pushing the total number of infections to 117.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/mar\/29\/coronavirus-live-news-trump-proposes-quarantine-of-new-york-and-other-hotspots\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York, New Jersey and Connecticut halt non-essential travel; 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