Coronavirus news – live: Italy on total lockdown as Boris Johnson warns people to prepare to self-isolate for mild symptoms
The Covid-19 outbreak has claimed its fifth UK fatality, as the government admits a "significant spread" is inevitable.
A patient in their 70s, with underlying health conditions, died after testing positive at the Royal Wolverhampton Hospital.
England's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said it appeared as though the person contracted the new coronavirus within the UK.
It comes after flights were cancelled to and from large parts of Italy, where the government has imposed a lockdown on the entire country after the death toll rose to 463.
Boris Johnson chaired an emergency Cobra meeting on Monday to discuss the country’s response to the epidemic as UK cases rose to 319.
All sports suspended in Italy until April, nation's Olympic Committee confirms
The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) has suspended all sport in the country until at least 3 April because of fears over the continued spread of the coronavirus, Ben Burrows reports.
Serie A resumed on Sunday with five games played behind closed doors in empty stadiums, including the top of the table clash between Juventus and Inter Milan.
Twelve rounds remain, with eight-time defending champion Juve holding a one-point lead over Lazio. Serie A has not been cancelled since World War II.
A man in his 60s, with underlying health conditions, has become the third person to die from Covid-19 in the UK, where the number of confirmed cases had risen to 273 on Sunday.
The UK government is warning against all but essential travel to large parts of Italy, where the death toll has risen to 366.
easyJet has cancelled flights to and from central and northern Italy as the Italian government has imposed a lockdown on 16 million people.
Chaos in Italy as lockdown plans leaked Cars line up to cross the Italian - Swiss border (AFP) Italy was plunged into chaos over the weekend after details of a government plan to quarantine 16 million people were leaked to the press.
Thousands of people attempted to flee northern parts of the country by train and car before the lockdown was imposed until 3 April.
Areas under lockdown include Milan, Italy's financial hub and the main city in Lombardy, and Venice, the main city in the neighbouring Veneto region.
Italy has registered more cases of coronavirus than any country outside China, while its death toll has risen to 366.
British Airways has cancelled 36 flights to and from northern Italy on Monday – but other airlines, including easyJet, are continuing to operate, Simon Calder reports.
BA cancelled the flights, mainly to Milan and Venice, after the Italian government imposed unprecedented restrictions on swathes of territory to try to limit the spread of coronavirus.
The Foreign Office has published three different versions of its advice to British travellers for Italy in the past 24 hours.
China reports no new locally transmitted cases outside Hubei
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Mainland China, outside Hubei province, has reported no new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases for the second day.
China had 40 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections as of Sunday, down from 44 cases a day earlier, and the lowest number since the National Health Commission started publishing nationwide data on 20 January.
Of the new cases, 36 were in Wuhan, the provincial capital of Hubei, while the remaining four in Gansu province were imported from Iran.
The coronavirus emerged in the central province of Hubei late last year. The new cases on Sunday brought the total accumulated number of cases in mainland China to 80,735.
Poland's annual Holocaust remembrance march has been postponed over coronavirus fears.
The March of the Living brings together survivors and others in Poland to remember the Holocaust each year.
Shmuel Rosenman, world chair of the event, said in a statement: "After consulting with the relevant health bodies and officials, it is with a heavy heart that we are forced to announce the postponement of this year's March of the Living in Poland.
"Our primary concern is the health of the many participants and the Holocaust survivors who would be joining them."
Eleven cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Poland so far.
UK hospitals running out of protective equipment for staff
UK hospitals are beginning to run out of vital equipment needed to protect nurses and doctors from catching coronavirus from infected patients, medics have warned, Shaun Lintern reports.
NHS staff have said they are unable to get hold of some face masks and other specialist personal protective equipment (PPE) which is needed to prevent them falling ill. Some hospitals are weeks away from running out of equipment, multiple sources have said.
Global markets have been rattled after oil prices suffered their biggest drop in decades, with the start of a price war between oil-producing countries adding to fears over coronavirus, Rory Sullivan reports.
Oil prices tumbled by almost a third when the market opened on Sunday evening, as traders were spooked by Saudi Arabia launching a price war with Russia.
This comes after Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members failed to reach an agreement with non-member Russia on Friday in attempts to curb oil output in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
'No reason to cancel sport events at this stage' (PA) The culture secretary has said cancelling sporting events and shutting museums and galleries in the UK because of the coronavirus outbreak would be "premature".
While some other European countries are cancelling mass gatherings or limiting the number of people who can attend big events, Oliver Dowden said there are "no plans" for Britain to follow suit.
He told BBC Breakfast there is no reason for people not to attend mass events or for them to be cancelled at this stage.
Women and children reportedly less likely to die from Covid-19
Early research from China suggests women and children are less likely to die than men if they catch the coronavirus, Tim Wyatt reports.
Death rates for Covid-19, the disease those infected with the coronavirus develop, are low for everyone: only 2.4 per cent of the 44,672 people in the Chinese study died.
But although roughly even numbers of men and women catch the disease, men are more likely to develop such a serious case of Covid-19 they die.
Government 'working intensively' to evacuate Britons from cruise ship (Reuters)
The government is "working intensively" to secure a repatriation flight for Britons currently stuck on a coronavirus-hit cruise ship off the coast of California.
There are thought to be more than 140 British nationals on board the Grand Princess, where 21 people have tested positive for Covid-19.
The ship is expected to dock in Oakland today, but it was said only passengers requiring treatment and state residents would be able to disembark.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are working intensively with the US authorities on arrangements for a flight for British nationals who are currently on the Grand Princess cruise ship off the coast of California.
"We are in contact with all British nationals on board to offer assistance, as well as local authorities and staff on board the ship."
Politicians in the US are said to be anxious about coronavirus after two Republicans went into self-quarantine.
Ted Cruz has decided to stay home after having “a brief conversation and a handshake” with someone at a political conference who was later diagnosed with the illness.
And Paul Gosar is doing the same after attending the same event - although neither has had any symptoms.
Members of Congress are now questioning whether it could be closed down for weeks.
A person is in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus at the University of the West of Scotland.
The university isn't saying whether they were a student or staff member - but they are said to have had limited contact with a small number of people who don't have any symptoms.
The person is giving no cause for concern and the risk of anyone getting coronavirus from them is said to be extremely low.
The number of Covid-19 cases in Scotland rose to 18 yesterday.
Coronavirus will become 'feature of everyday life'
A coronavirus expert has said Covid-19 will soon be a feature of everyday life in the UK.
David Nabarro, one of the World Health Organisation's special envoys on coronavirus, has said the number of cases is doubling about every five to seven days and will continue to do so for some weeks.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the outbreak "will become a feature of everyday life and that's why working together as one community is the only way to prevent a major impact on all of our lives".
World Cup qualifiers cancelled (iStock/Getty) The upcoming Asian qualifiers for the Fifa 2022 World Cup have been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Matches scheduled for 23-31 March and 1-9 June this year are no longer going ahead.
Fifa and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will keep an eye on the situation before deciding whether there will be more changes.
Britons to be allowed off coronavirus-hit cruise ship (AFP)
There is finally some good news for the 142 Britons who have been stuck in their cabins on a cruise ship off the coast of California for days after 21 people tested positive for Covid-19.
It wasn't clear whether they would be allowed to disembark the Grand Princess when it docks in Oakland today - but the liner's operator has now said they will allowed off over the course of several days.
Passengers will be allowed to leave in order of priority from today and will then be tested for coronavirus once they arrive at their next destination.
The government is said to be working "intensively" to arrange an evacuation flight for the British people affected.
