Group of Italian tourists under quarantine in India, after more than a dozen tested positive for novel coronavirus
An Indian man with symptoms fills a form at a coronavirus help desk at the Government Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad, India. March 2, 2020.
"There is no need to panic. We need to work together, take small yet important measures to ensure self-protection," Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted on Tuesday. India has now stepped up preventative measures including barring visitors from Italy, Iran, South Korea and Japan, except diplomats and officials from international bodies.The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday of a global shortage and price gouging for protective equipment to fight the fast-spreading coronavirus. WHO asked companies and governments to increase production by 40 percent as the death toll from the respiratory illness mounted.
And police said they busted a factory at the weekend allegedly making and distributing counterfeit masks that did not meet health standardsAustralia's biggest supermarket on Wednesday announced a limit on toilet paper purchases after the global spread of coronavirus sparked a spate of panic buying Down Under.
Police had to be called to a Sydney supermarket at lunchtime Wednesday when a knife was drawn in a toilet paper aisle.
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