Summary

  • The death toll in Italy jumps to 463 as much of the country's north starts the week under quarantine

  • Trading in US shares is briefly suspended after sharp falls over an oil row and ongoing coronavirus fears

  • Six people die during a prison riot over visitor restrictions in the north Italian city of Modena

  • Israel is to ask everyone arriving in the country to self-quarantine for 14 days

  • Germany confirms its first two deaths from coronavirus, both in North Rhine-Westphalia

  • It is now accepted the virus will spread in a "significant way" in the UK, a spokesman for the PM says

  • China has 40 new cases of Covid-19, the lowest since January when reporting began

  • Foreign diplomats finally allowed to leave Pyongyang after long quarantine

  1. Oil prices fall amid coronavirus slowdownpublished at 05:28 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2020

    With global supply outpacing demand, oil prices fell by as much as 30% in early trading.

    The benchmark Brent oil futures plunged to a low of $31.02 a barrel on Monday, in what analysts say could be the start of a price war.

  2. Diplomats finally leave Pyongyangpublished at 05:26 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2020

    This picture from AFP / Getty shows foreign embassy staff arriving for the first commercial flight out of Pyongyang for over a month.

    Hundreds of foreigners were quarantined in the North Korean capital for weeks as part of coronavirus containment.

    Read the full story here.

    Foreign embassy staff arriving for the first commercial flight out of Pyongyang for over a month.Image source, AFP / Getty
  3. Welcome to today's coveragepublished at 05:20 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2020

    Welcome back to the BBC's live coverage of the global coronavirus outbreak. Here are some of the latest developments:

    • China reports 40 new cases - its lowest total since daily reporting began in January
    • South Korea announces its lowest daily increase for two weeks
    • Italy announces 133 deaths in a day
    • Number of cases in the US passes 500, with 21 deaths
    • Oil prices and stock markets fall
    • Diplomats who were quarantined in North Korea for weeks finally leave
    • Disney's resort in Shanghai partially reopens