Canada may soon advise against foreign travel – PM Trudeau
Canada may soon advise against non-essential foreign travel, and it will be taking a number of new measures at airports in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday.
British Airways to ground aircraft, cut staff to tackle unprecedented crisis
The head of British Airways said coronavirus was causing an unprecedented crisis, warning that aircraft would be parked like never before and staff laid off, in a hard-hitting staff message to address “the worsening situation”.
Coronavirus forces Warren Buffett to cancel ‘Woodstock for Capitalists’
Warren Buffett on Friday said the coronavirus pandemic forced him to cancel Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s annual shareholder weekend, the largest gathering in corporate America, because the safety of participants and the wider community was paramount.
Wall Street jumps after worst day since 1987
U.S. stock markets opened sharply higher on Friday after their worst daily selloff in more than three decades as investors hoped more fiscal easing would head off a global recession.
Morocco suspends all passenger sea and air trips to France – state news agency
Morocco on Friday suspended all flights and passenger ship traffic to and from France, the state news agency said.
World travel may shrink 25% on coronavirus in 2020, shed 50 million jobs – WTTC
The coronavirus epidemic is putting up to 50 million jobs in the global travel and tourism sector at risk, with travel likely to slump by a quarter this year, Asia being the most affected continent, the World Travel and Tourism Council said on Friday.
Spain’s coronavirus tally jumps to 4,209 cases, 120 dead
The Spanish health ministry said the number of coronavirus cases in the country jumped to 4,209 on Friday from Thursday’s 3,004 e as the disease spread mostly in Madrid, the Basque Country and La Rioja regions.
Sudan reports first coronavirus case
Sudan on Friday reported its first confirmed coronavirus case, a man who died on Thursday and had visited the United Arab Emirates in the first week of March.
Dutch coronavirus infections rise by 188 to 804, deaths double to 10
The number of deaths in people with the coronavirus in the Netherlands has doubled to 10, Dutch health authorities said on Friday.
Iranian security forces to empty city streets to fight coronavirus: IRNA
Iran’s security forces will empty the streets of its cities in the next 24 hours in a drive to fight the spread of the new coronavirus, state television reported on Friday.
