ALL HOTELS TO CLOSE IN SPAIN BY TUESDAY, UK CORONAVIRUS DEATHS REACH 104 DEATHS AFTER 33 people have died and-UK in the greatest challenge since the second world war, as all 50 USA states have registered corona virus cases.

ALL HOTELS TO CLOSE IN SPAIN BY TUESDAY, UK CORONAVIRUS DEATHS REACH 104 DEATHS AFTER 33 people have died and-UK in the greatest challenge since the second world war, as all 50 USA states have registered corona virus cases.
UK schools, colleges and nurseries will close from Friday for the foreseeable future. The pound today fell to its lowest level in 30 years because of the Coronavirus crisis.
Schools in the UK are to shut from Friday until further notice as a response to the coronavirus pandemic. Government says children “should not be left” with grandparents or others in groups vulnerable to contracting coronavirus.
Schools will close except for looking after the children of keyworkers and vulnerable children, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.
This academic year’s exams will not go ahead in England and Wales; decisions are due to be made in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
It came as UK deaths reached 104 after a further 33 people died.
Thirty-two were in England and one in Scotland.
Confirmed cases in the UK rose to 2,626 on Wednesday, from 1,950 on Tuesday. There have been 56,221 tests carried out in the UK for Covid-19, of which 53,595 were confirmed negative.
The government says it plans to more than double the number of tests being carried out in England to 25,000 a day.
Nurseries, private schools and sixth forms are also being told to follow the guidance to close their doors.
Scotland and Wales earlier said schools would close from Friday while schools in Northern Ireland will close to pupils today and to staff on 23 March.
Meanwhile the government is bringing forward emergency legislation to protect private renters from eviction after being urged to do more for them
And a new advert, fronted by the UK’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty and being run across TV, radio and the internet, reminds people to stay at home even if they only have mild symptoms.
The number of people dying from coronavirus in Italy has risen by 475 in one day to nearly 3,000 – the biggest increase since the outbreak.
There are a total of 35,713 confirmed cases in the country, with more than 4,000 having successfully recovered.
Lombardy, the worst-hit region, recorded 319 deaths in one day.
Italy is the world’s worst affected country after China, where the virus originated last year. At least 8,758 people have died, most in China.
The vast majority of the more than 200,000 confirmed cases – 80% – have occurred in Europe and the Western Pacific region, which includes much of Asia, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
Many countries have taken drastic measures, including social distancing and cancelling major events to help slow transmission and reduce pressure on the health systems.
“But to suppress and control epidemics, countries must isolate, test, treat and trace,” the WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.
Italy has been on lockdown for almost two weeks as authorities try to halt the progress of the virus.
People have been asked to stay indoors – but the number of deaths has continued to spiral.
The WHO’s emergencies director, Mike Ryan, said this was probably due to the “astonishing” number of cases within the health systems, as well as the high number of elderly people in the population at large.
How bad is the situation in the rest of Europe?Spain now has 598 dead and 13,716 infections. An inquiry is to be launched into the deaths of at least 17 residents of a nursing home in Madrid, where dozens of cases of Covid-19 have been reported.
In France, the number of confirmed cases grew by more than 16% on Tuesday, reaching 7,730, while the death toll rose to 175, with 7% of the dead aged under 65.
In the UK, the number of dead has reached 104.
Germany has 12 deaths and 8,198 cases. In a TV address, Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans to abide by restrictions aimed at combating the pandemic. “Since German reunification, actually, since World War Two, there has never been a challenge for our country in which acting in solidarity was so very crucial,” she said.
Belgium has 14 deaths and 1,486 cases.What’s happening across Europe’s borders?Travellers from outside the EU are being turned away from airports and borders after the 27-country bloc imposed a 30-day ban to halt the spread of coronavirus.
EU leaders agreed that internal borders that have been erected in recent days should come down.The ban will not affect Europeans going home or cross-border workers.
UK citizens are also not affected by it because an interim Brexit deal still ties the UK to EU rules.
The ban specifically covers all EU states as well as countries within the Schengen border-free zone, including Iceland, Switzerland, Norway and Liechtenstein.
All citizens will be given help returning home, and Germany has said it will continue a drive to fly home tens of thousands of tourists stranded abroad, from Morocco and Egypt to the Philippines and Argentina.
In many countries, people have been urged to stay at home as much as possible and only essential travel is allowed. bbc
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