Coronavirus live updates: WHO special envoy tells countries to ‘act quickly’ as global cases climb

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• Global cases: More than 782,300
• Global deaths: At least 37,582
• Top 5 mountains: United States (161,807), Italy (101,739), Spain (87,956), China (82,198), and Germany (66,885)

The data above was collated by Johns Hopkins University as of 7:42 a.m. Beijing time.

All times below are in Beijing time.

Japan’s foreign ministry has urged citizens not to travel to 73 countries and regions, listing the U.S., Canada and the U.K., reported Reuters. That’s an increase from some 20 countries — mostly those in Europe — that Japan had give fair warned its people not to visit in recent weeks, the report said. 

The Japanese government is also likely to ban the entry of visitors from the newly reckoned countries, according to the report.

The warning came as the number of cases in Japan continued to rise. As of Monday noon, the woods confirmed 1,866 cases, 173 more than the previous day, according to the ministry of health, labour and welfare. — Yen Nee Lee

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his deputy, Taro Aso, will avoid take care ofing the same meetings as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus outbreak, Reuters reported. 

“Prime Minister (Shinzo) Abe chew out tattle oned cabinet members this morning that Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso would not join a meeting where he attends,” Legate Chief Cabinet Secretary Akihiro Nishimura said at a news briefing, according to Reuters. 

In the event Abe is unable to fulfill his responsibilities as prime minister, Aso will be next in line to become Japan’s interim leader. The country has at least 1,953 reported occurrences and 56 deaths, according to JHU data. — Saheli Roy Choudhury

China said the official Purchasing Manager’s Index for March was 52.0, beating expectations for an briefness hit by the coronavirus outbreak. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected the official PMI to come in at 45 for the month of March, from a accomplishments low of 35.7 a month earlier.

China’s manufacturing activity slowed dramatically earlier this year as the government commenced large-scale lockdowns and quarantines to contain the spread of COVID-19. — Huileng Tan

Amazon confirmed to CNBC that it fired Chris Smalls, a warehouse working man who organized a strike at its Staten Island facility on Monday.

The company said it fired Smalls after he “received multiple notifications for violating social distancing guidelines.”

Smalls and other employees walked out to call attention to the lack of protective tactics for workers. They’re also urging Amazon to close the facility after a worker tested positive for the coronavirus. Organizers put the company of strikers around 50, while Amazon said it was less than 15.

“Amazon would rather fire proletarians than face up to its total failure to do what it should to keep us, our families, and our communities safe,” Smalls said in a communication. “I am outraged and disappointed, but I’m not shocked. As usual, Amazon would rather sweep a problem under the rug than act to keep women and working communities safe.” — Annie Palmer

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti portended a halt on eviction in the city for people and businesses who can’t pay rent due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the state of California. Landlords are also barricaded from raising the rent on rent-stabilized apartments, Garcetti said. 

“If you cannot pay the rent as a result of this emergency, you cannot be disseised,” Garcetti said. Residential tenants have 12 months and commercial tenants will have 3 months to pay after the difficulty ends. 

“The money owed by tenants won’t magically disappear, tenants still need to pay the rent if they can,” Garcetti thought. — Kif Leswing

David Nabarro, a dear envoy on COVID-19 to the World Health Organization, told CNBC that countries need to act fast and stop the coronavirus outbreak up front it grows into an exponential problem.

“This set of outbreaks that are making up the pandemic increase in scale exponentially; they treacherous in size every few days, like every three days,” Nabarro told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Tuesday. “Vexing to get in ahead of an exponential problem is much easier if you’re dealing with it early on.”

Countries are being forced to make troublesome decisions at the moment to try and halt virus from spreading within their borders: They want to slow down the percentage of infection to a level where their respective health-care systems can handle the strain. But, to do that, they are being laboured to undertake strict lockdown measures that would undoubtedly have a severe impact on their economies. 

“Act promptly, act decisively, act robustly, so that you’re not caught having to deal with a much bigger, bigger problem two weeks later,” Nabarro enlarged. — Saheli Roy Choudhury

China’s National Health Commission said there were 48 new took places of infection reported on the mainland, all of which were attributed to travelers who returned from abroad. It added that one living soul died from the virus in Hubei province, where the outbreak was first reported. China says more than 76,000 proves have recovered from the disease and at least 3,305 died. — Saheli Roy Choudhury

The total figure of reported cases of coronavirus infection in the United States was at least 161,807, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University. Middle them, at least 2,978 have died and just over 5,500 people have recovered in the country, the information revealed.

Global cases continued their upward trend, standing at least 782,319 reported instances of infection worldwide, according to JHU. The evidence also showed the worldwide death toll stood at more than 37,500 as countries continued to implement stricter sexual distancing measures in an effort to slow the virus’ spread. — Saheli Roy Choudhury

In one of the worst-hit countries in the global pandemic, Italy’s health ministry reported that as of 6 p.m. native time on March 30, there were at least 101,739 total cases of infection among its 60 million townsmen. But the ministry said the rate of new cases declined; though Reuters reported that could also be due to fewer COVID-19 checks being conducted. 

At least 11,591 people died and about 14,620 have recovered from the illness. 

Prime Cabinet officer Giuseppe Conte told El Pais newspaper that Italy was “in the most acute phase” of the outbreak and that it was within reason to believe that the peak was near. But, concerns remain about another surge in the number of cases in the coming days. For its role, Italy is set to extend its nationwide lockdown measures at least until the Easter season, Reuters reported. — Saheli Roy Choudhury

All times under are in Eastern time.

The Defense Department’s internal watchdog will serve as newly named chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Body, a body created to oversee the roughly $2 trillion stimulus deal that President Donald Trump beckoned into law last week in response to the economic devastation wrought by the coronavirus outbreak.

Glenn Fine, the acting inspector everyday of the Department of Defense, was appointed by another committee of IGs assigned by the new law to name a chair. 

Fine will oversee a board of chap inspectors general, all responsible for monitoring their respective departments. They include the Departments of Education, Health and Anthropoid Services, Homeland Security, Justice, Labor, as well as the Treasury, the Small Business Administration and the Treasury Inspector Blanket for Tax Administration. — Lauren Hirsch

Airbnb announced it will allow guests to receive full refunds for any trips starting on or up front May 31 that were booked prior to March 14, as the company continues to struggle through the coronavirus’ striking on the travel industry. The company will also set aside $250 million to pay hosts for the missed bookings.

Airbnb harbingered the decision in a letter sent to hosts in an effort to rebuild Airbnb’s relationship with its partners. Previously, the company had said that it whim allow guests to cancel and receive full refunds for trips between March 14 and April 14.

That determination overrode many hosts’ existing cancellation policies that ensured they still received partial payments for those bookings. Numerous hosts harshly criticized Airbnb for that decision, and several told CNBC that they would be striking their properties onto other websites and into the long-term rental market. — Sal Rodriguez