12 March 2020

Thursday 12 March

2020-03-12

Events

 * US actor Tom Hanks and his wife are diagnosed with coronavirus while filming in Australia.
 * Donald Trump bans travel to the US from most of Europe – apart from the UK and Ireland – for 30 days in an attempt to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
 * Global infections from coronavirus have now risen to above 126,000 and there have been 4,600 deaths caused by what the World Health Organization has now officially declared a pandemic.
 * UK government moves to the "delay" phase of its plan to tackle coronavirus. (Full statement here)