A member of France's parliament representing French Polynesia has tested positive, reports AFP.

Maina Sage began feeling ill on Monday, two days after returning to the French pacific territory from France.

Sage is in self-isolation at her home and her symptoms were not considered serious, officials said.

The authorities did not say how she caught the virus. On 26 February she met French Culture Minister Franck Riester, who later tested positive.

Juventus FC have announced that Italian player Daniele Rugani has tested positive for coronavirus.

The club says it would start "activating isolation procedures" for all those who have come into contact with the 25-year-old, who is "currently asymptomatic".

All sport in Italy has been suspended until 3 April.

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The fixtures of Shanghai's skyline began to re-open on Thursday, on a limited basis.

The 632-metre (2,073-foot) Shanghai Tower - the world's second-tallest building - and the Oriental Pearl Tower were among skyscrapers to announce viewing platforms and other public areas had opened again, subject to various restrictions.

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Americans should reconsider foreign travel, the State Department has said.

"The Department of State advises US citizens to reconsider travel abroad due to the global impact of Covid-19," it said in a statement.

"Many areas throughout the world are now experiencing outbreaks and taking action that may limit traveller mobility, including quarantines and border restrictions.

"Even countries, jurisdictions, or areas where cases have not been reported may restrict travel without notice."

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Business reporter, BBC News Singapore

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Asian stocks traded sharply lower on Thursday after President Donald Trump suspended all travel to the US from mainland Europe in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 fell by more than 5% in morning trade, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong lost 3%, and China's Shanghai Composite was 1% lower.

It followed steep losses on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones plunging by almost 1,500 points, or 5.8%. The Dow is now more than 20% below its recent high, a threshold that often accompanies a recession.

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The Olympic flame for the 2020 Tokyo Games will be lit today in a ceremony in the ancient Greek city of Olympia - without any spectators.

Only 100 accredited guests from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee will be allowed to attend the ceremony - down from 700 guests.

It's still not clear if the Olympics will go ahead as planned - though Tokyo's governor said a cancellation would be "unthinkable".

Olympic executive board member Haruyuki Takahashi earlier said a realistic option would be to delay the Games by one or two years if it could not go ahead this summer.

But that was dismissed by the head of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee who said the Games would go ahead as planned.

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President Trump's original statement said trade and cargo would be included in the Europe travel ban.

But he has since tweeted to say they will not be affected.

The ban, which doesn't include the UK, will last 30 days.

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The Atlantic Council - a US-based international affairs think tank - has asked President Trump to clarify his travel ban.

Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe said: "The president’s statement tonight leaves so many questions unanswered. What does ‘Europe’ include? Switzerland? Poland? Russia?

"Were our most significant allies consulted? Why not coordinate a common cause with them, managing travel and other response together (if it’s necessary)? Why was the UK excluded? What about cargo and trade?

"What’s the backstory and the follow up? So much is unclear. This is a time for global democracies to work together and declare common cause, as we’ve done successfully over the past 70 years."

Since the statement was issued, the US government has said the ban applies to the Schengen Area - so Poland and Switzerland are affected, but Russia is not.

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Producer, BBC News Bangkok

Eleven new cases have been reported in Thailand, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 70.

All new patients were part of a group of friends who hung out together - one of them had come into close contact with a friend from Hong Kong who reportedly had Covid-19 like symptoms.

President Trump said he was banning travel "from Europe", excluding the UK. But what does Europe mean?

A later statement from Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf said countries in the Schengen Area would be affected.

But not all EU countries are in the Schengen Area, external. The non-Schengen EU countries are: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland and Romania.

To complicate things, some countries that aren't in the EU are in the Schengen Area. They are: Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

NB: Since this map was produced, the UK has left the European Union.

Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert - who has now tested positive for the virus - had earlier this week made light of the outbreak.

Shortly after news of his diagnosis became public, videos on social media started circulating showing Gobert rubbing his hands over several microphones during a press conference.

He's seen laughing as he leaves the room.

US basketball teams Oklahoma City Thunder and Utah Jazz had a game on Wednesday postponed just minutes before tip-off, after Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert tested positive for the virus.

The US National Basketball Association added that it would suspend the season until further notice.

Needless to say, fans at the stadium were not happy. Here's how they reacted:

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson's son Chet Hanks has responded to the news that his parents have come down with the virus.

"It's true my parents got coronavirus... but I just got off the phone with them, they're not even that sick, they're not tripping," he said in an Instagram video.

"I don't think it's anything to be too worried about, I appreciate everyone's concerns."

The president of the United States has been asked repeatedly over the past couple of days on whether he has been tested for the coronavirus after attending an event where at least one participant tested positive. A number of Republican officials are self-isolating after attending the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland last month. One flew aboard Air Force One on Monday.

Kyodo News in Japan is reporting the Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike as saying: "The classification of the coronavirus as a pandemic will have an impact on discussions about the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, but for now cancellation is unthinkable."

South Korea is testing almost 20,000 people every day for the coronavirus - more people per capita than anywhere else in the world. Here's how it's managing to do it so quickly.

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A staff member in US Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell's office has tested positive for the virus, according to news site Politico.

Cantwell, who represents the US state of Washington, will close her office for the week and her staff will work remotely.

Tokyo's Nikkei index down more than 5%