Tue 17 March 2020:
Malaysia reported its first death from coronavirus: a 60-year-old pastor.
The state of Sarawak said 193 close contacts of the victim were in home quarantine.
The country has reported 553 coronavirus cases, the highest number in Southeast Asia.
Sri Lanka bans all incoming flights for two weeks
Sri Lanka banned all incoming flights for two weeks, a government spokesperson said.
Flights already in the air will be allowed to land and passengers to disembark, said Mohan Samaranayake, a spokesperson for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
France could nationalise big companies: Finance minister
The French government is prepared to use all means to support big companies suffering amid financial market turmoil, including nationalisation if necessary, the finance minister said.
“I won’t hesitate to use all means available to protect big French companies,” Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on a conference call with journalists.
“That can be done by recapitalisation, that can be done by taking a stake, I can even use the term nationalisation if necessary,” Le Maire added.
Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!
