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The US government has so far refrained from imposing an official ban, so the often privately run institutions are each grappling with how best to deal with the fast-moving outbreak.

The effort, known as the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator, will focus on new and repurposed drugs that can be used right away to treat patients infected with the novel coronavirus and possibly other viruses in the future.

The ship, which has 21 confirmed novel coronavirus infections, had been idling off the San Francisco coast since Wednesday. Passengers gathered on balconies were "whooping and waving at dockworkers onshore" as the ship drew into port.

On Sunday, Twitter said it would label a deceptively edited video posted by White House social media director Dan Scavino as "manipulated media". By Monday, however, the label still wasn't showing up for some users.

Officials said the seven newly announced cases originated from a Taiwanese-US national who returned to Taiwan in February after travelling on a cruise ship.

Only people with a 'serious' reason that cannot be postponed, such as urgent work or family issues, will be allowed in or out of the quarantine zones, which cover Lombardy and 14 provinces in four other regions.

More than 70 people were believed to have been initially trapped in the seven storey building, which collapsed on Saturday evening.

Amid anger over the government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, including alleged attempts to silence whistleblowers, Chinese netizens questions how the five-storey hotel, which had opened in 2018, collapsed.

All the 70 affected workers were discharged from hospital, excepting one who is in critical condition, the Dawn News reported, adding the chlorine gas leaked from the air vents in the plant.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and his ex-wife have been battling in a British court over the welfare of the two children they have together.

The first reported death from the virus, also known as SARS-CoV-2, came on January 9 - a 61-year-old man in Wuhan. In the following days, Chinese authorities said that the virus was under control and not widely transmissible.

A female protestor stormed the stage as Biden was giving a speech in Los Angeles following his Super Tuesday win.

"There is currently no evidence that pet animals can be a source of infection of COVID-19," said Hong Kong's Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.

The airstrike was the first by the United States against the Taliban in 11 days, when a reduction in violence agreement had begun between the sides in the lead up to Saturday's pact.

The research letter was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and comes after cases in China where the pathogen spread extensively through hospitals, infecting dozens of health care workers and other patients.

Twelve of the 23 deaths -- recorded in 13 cities in six provinces across the country --- took place on 16 November, a further eight on 17 November, and three on 18 November, according to Amnesty.