A few hours ago Australia confirmed its first case of the virus being passed between people on its soil.

The new case is the sister of a 43-year-old man who had recently arrived in New South Wales from Iran and tested positive on Sunday.

NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said this was "why we isolate close contacts" of known infected people, and praised the family for coming forward for testing. "That's exactly what we want people to do," she said.

Dr Chant said Australia was asking anyone returning from Iran to self-isolate for 14 days as a precaution.

Australia now has 33 Covid-19 cases, and on Sunday confirmed its first death. The elderly man who died in Perth had been on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship.

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FoxConn - most well-known for manufacturing iPhones - is now also making face masks.

The company first said it would start making the masks last month, when it started test production at its flagship manufacturing plant in Shenzhen, southern China.

Today, Sharp - which is owned by FoxConn - said it would also start making masks at its plant in Mie Prefecture, Japan, by the end of this month.

The plan is to start off making 150,000 masks a day, and eventually increase that to 500,000, Associated Press reported.

The coronavirus outbreak has led to a global shortage of face masks. In Japan, for example, people have been queuing up outside pharmacies before opening hours in the hopes of finding some in stock.

But on Saturday the US Surgeon General warned people not to buy masks.

Scotland's chief medical officer said the virus would become 'business as usual' if it spread across the country.

The first case of Covid-19 was confirmed there on Sunday, in a person who recently travelled from Italy.

The patient, who is a Tayside resident, is said to be "clinically well", receiving treatment in isolation in hospital as a "precautionary measure only".

Dr Catherine Calderwood said: "If this does spread throughout Scotland, it will become business as usual.

"It will become as we have with people with the flu that yes, some people are very ill, some people are less ill, we accept that and people get on with their normal business."

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The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian woman who has been detained in Iran for almost four years, says she has yet to be tested for the virus, despite displaying symptoms.

Richard Ratcliffe claims the prison where Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe is being held "is obviously under orders not to test anyone".

Speaking on Good Morning Britain, he said: "It [coronavirus] has swept through the prison. There are prisoners showing all the symptoms of coronavirus - a cough, temperature, body pain all over, fatigue.

"Nazanin at the middle of the week was showing all these symptoms.

"The prison ran out of cleaning materials, disinfectants, it ran out of medicines. But of course the whole country has run out because it was blindsided."

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A number of airlines in Europe have said they're suspending or cutting down flights.

German airline Lufthansa said it's suspending all flights to China until 24 April, and to the Iranian capital Tehran until 30 April. It's adjusting its flights to northern Italy, which is the worst-hit country in Europe.

Austrian Airlines also said it was cutting its flights to Italy by 40% in March and April, and Brussels Airlines is cutting flights to Rome, Milan, Venice and Bologna by 30% until 14 March.

Eurowings said it was reducing its flights to some Italian destinations until 8 March.

Thailand's tourism authorities have warned that the coronavirus could hit the country's large tourism industry.

In a statement, officials warned that Thailand could see a drop of six million tourists this year as a result of the outbreak.

Last year more than 39 million people visited Thailand, a record for the country.

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Schools have been closed and more than 30 people have been quarantined in Armenia after the first case of coronavirus was discovered in the country on 1 March.

A 29-year-old Armenian national tested positive for the virus after being evacuated from neighbouring Iran.

Thirty two people who have been in contact with the infected man have been taken to a hotel in the resort town of Tsaghkadzor, according to Health Minister Arsen Torosyan.

Regular flights to Iran from Armenia have been temporarily suspended.

Armenia has also partly closed the border with Iran and temporarily restored visa requirements for Iranians.

Stock markets in Europe are starting to recover after last week's dramatic plunge.

As coronavirus cases rose globally last week, London's benchmark FTSE 100 fell 11.1%.

But this morning it rose 2.8%. Frankfurt's DAX 30 index, meanwhile, rose 1.8%, and the Paris CAC 40 increased by 2.1%.

The Duomo, Milan's iconic cathedral, has re-opened following a period of closure due to fears about the coronavirus.

It said in a statement on its website that the cathedral would be open everyday from 9am to 6pm, adding that access would be "programmed" so as to "avoid crowds of people".

Italy's fashion capital has for weeks been held hostage by the virus that has killed 34 people in the country.

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The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Hubei province - where the virus first emerged - has increased for the second day in a row, following a period of decline, says the World Health Organization (WHO), which says it is working to understand the significance of this if any.

China reported 202 new cases today - 196 of which were from Hubei. All 42 deaths reported on Monday also originated from Hubei.

There are currently over 80,000 confirmed cases across China.

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Emirates Group has offered its staff the option of taking voluntary paid or unpaid leave because of the coronavirus.

In an internal email to employees, it said: "A particular challenge for us right now is dealing with the impact of Covid-19.

‘We've seen a measurable slow-down in business across our brands and a need for flexibility in the way we work."

The Emirates group, which includes the Emirates airline, has more than 100,000 employees.

Emirates stressed that the leave it was asking its employees to take was voluntary. "It is at the employee's discretion if they want to take it or not."

The Chinese government is using a system of colour codes in an attempt to classify individuals - in the name of fighting the virus.

The AliPay system has been piloted in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, with each resident assigned a QR code representing their health status.

The colours - green, yellow or red - indicate whether they should be allowed out into public spaces or quarantined at home.

But a report by the New York Times found that the software, external also appears to share information with the police - raising concerns about privacy and data security.

The New York Times report said this was the equivalent of the US' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) using apps from Amazon to track the virus, then sharing information with local police.

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If you're just tuning in now, here's a quick summary of today's developments:

• Australia has confirmed its first case of person-to-person transmission
• Nike has temporarily shut its European HQ in the Netherlands
• Indonesia has now reported its first two cases of the virus
• South Korea's new number of cases is 476, making it the worst affected country outside of China. The leader of a religious sect linked to most of the country's cases has apologised and fallen to his knees in a news conference

• A healthcare worker in the UK's Hertfordshire is confirmed to have the virus
• The US state of New York has confirmed its first case. Two people in Washington state have now died

Kuwait's Health Ministry has announced 10 new cases of the virus, bringing the total number to 56, said Reuters quoting a health ministry official.

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has said the impact of the coronavirus will be greater than previous estimates.

The effect will be "much more significant" than the 0.1% reduction in growth the finance ministry had forecast two weeks ago, he said on France2 television.

Mr Le Maire said he expects "coordinated action" from the G7 nations and the eurozone.

Lee Man-hee, the leader of a religious sect that has been linked to the majority of South Korea's coronavirus cases says he "seeks the forgiveness of the government [and] the people".

The 88-year-old, who spoke at a news conference on Monday, is head of the religious fringe group the Shincheonji Church.

"Although it was not intentional, many people have been infected," said the leader, who got down his on his knees.

"We put our utmost efforts but were unable to prevent it all."

Mr Lee claims he is the second coming of Jesus Christ and identifies as "the promised pastor" mentioned in the Bible.

His followers believe he will take 144,000 people to heaven with him.

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Hugh Pym
BBC News Health Editor

A healthcare worker in the UK county of Hertfordshire is one of 13 new cases that have emerged in the UK, bringing the total number of cases to 36.

All those who were in contact with the clinician from the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre have been identified.

The NHS said in a statement that the "risk to patients and staff is very low" adding that "it remains safe for patients to attend [the centre]."

Shincheonji Church is at the centre of South Korea's coronavirus outbreak, with a majority of the country's cases linked to the group.

Kim Shin-chang, the director of ministry of international missions, said the church had now supplied members' names to authorities - and explained why they were previously kept secret.

Laura Bicker
BBC News, Seoul

Pupils will have to stay at home until at least 23 March.