With cases spiking sharply across Europe and emergency measures in place from California to Saudi Arabia, investors have sent shares tumbling. Follow all the developments live.
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The Australia Securities Exchange (ASX) is now down 5.5%, wiping more than AU$140bn off the Australian share market.
US senator Ted Cruz has released a statement saying he “briefly interacted with an individual who is currently symptomatic and has tested positive for Covid-19” while at the Conservative Political Action Conference ten days ago.
Today I released the following statement: pic.twitter.com/XGXEa4ozcg
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