President Donald Trump said he saw no need for the federal government to issue a nationwide decree, with 39 states and the District of Columbia now requiring residents to stay home except for essential outings.

In an effort to dispel public fears about hidden cases of the virus, the government has this week ordered health authorities to turn their attention to finding asymptomatic cases and releasing their data on them.

The United States has the most confirmed cases in the world, a number that is likely to soar when tests for the virus become more widespread.

Confirmed cases rose by about 6,000 to 92,472, the second-highest number of cases in the world behind the United States.

Physicians have called particular attention to a desperate need for additional ventilators, machines that help patients breathe and are widely needed for those suffering from COVID-19.

A Downing Street spokesman said Johnson, 55, experienced mild symptoms on Thursday.

While New York was the coronavirus epicenter in the United States this week, the next big wave of infections appeared headed for Louisiana.

India joined the ranks of Britain and other countries clamping down to hold back the virus as business activity collapsed from Japan to the United States at a record pace in March.

The total number of cases in Italy rose to 59,138 from a previous 53,578, an increase of 10.4%, the Civil Protection Agency said.

On Saturday, fatalities jumped by 793 to 4,825 in the largest one-day rise since the contagion emerged a month ago.

A jury on February 24 found Weinstein—once one of Hollywood’s most influential men—guilty of sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi and raping former aspiring actress Jessica Mann.

There are now more than 118,000 infections in 114 countries and 4,291 people have died of the virus.

On January 8, India imposed restrictions on the imports of refined palm oil, affecting Nepal's largest export commodity.

Hubei reported 17 new deaths, all of which were in Wuhan.

The deal was signed in the Qatari capital Doha by U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.

The country is grappling with the largest outbreak of the virus outside China, as a new death took the toll to 17.

The clashes erupted between thousands demonstrating for and against the new citizenship law introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government.

Tensions in parts of the city remained high on Tuesday with schools remaining shut in some areas amid news reports of fresh clashes.

Experts say too early to tell if China outbreak contained.

There were 2,478 new confirmed cases on the mainland on February 10, down from 3,062 on the previous day.