Coronavirus: Latest updates on COVID-19 crisis around the world

Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus crisis in India and other parts of the world on Friday. 11:57 a.m.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram says the war against coronavirus cannot be fought with "moral armaments" and that lockdown is the only solution. 11:47 a.m.

The US is headed towards a recession in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, but Silicon Valley CEOs are optimistic about tech industry's growth, a leading Indian-American venture capitalist says. 11:44 a.m. A 69-year-old Italian tourist who had "recovered" from COVID-19 died at a private hospital in Jaipur, official says. 11:36 a.m.

South Western Railway official in Bengaluru who hid her COVID-19 positive son in guest house suspended, officials say. 11:27 a.m.

The Delhi government issues advisory for private sector to allow employees to work from home till March 31 in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, official says. 10:58 a.m. India's cricket captain Virat Kohli and his actor wife Anushka Sharma issue a joint appeal for self-isolation to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

10:48 a.m. Understanding how COVID-19 affects children vital to slowing pandemic, doctors say 10:46 a.m.

US President Donald Trump scraps this year's in-person G7 summit set to be held in June due to the coronavirus crisis, and will hold the event via video-conference, White House says. 10:36 a.m. After Akshay Kumar's "Sooryavanshi", Ranveer Singh-starrer cricket drama "83" is the latest Bollywood film to indefinitely postpone release due to coronavirus pandemic.

10:19 a.m. In a first such case in Punjab, a 26-year-old woman suspected to be suffering from coronavirus was booked for fleeing from the hospital, police say. 10:17 a.m.

A Kolkata resident with a recent travel history to the UK tests positive for coronavirus, making it the second confirmed case in West Bengal, official says. 10:02 a.m. Odisha reports the second confirmed case of novel coronavirus after a man who returned from a COVID-19-affected country tested positive, state health department says.

10:00 a.m. The Forest Research Institute in Dehradun is under complete lockdown in the wake of three coronavirus positive cases reported from there. 9:58 a.m.

Concerned over the rapid spread of the coronavirus across the US, an influential group of Indian-American doctors urges federal and State governments to enforce a total lockdown and self-quarantine of the entire nation to flatten the curve of COVID-19 infections. 9:53 a.m.

The Cannes Film Festival has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. 9:50 a.m. A 69-year-old woman, who recently returned from the UK, tests positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of cases in Punjab to three, official says.

9:30 a.m. Coronavirus cases in India rose to 195 after 22 fresh cases were reported from various parts of the country, according to the Health Ministry data.

9:20 a.m. The US sees a significant spike in coronavirus cases with the number of fatalities surging past 200 and the total confirmed infections crossing 14,000.

8:58 a.m. The US advices its citizens to avoid all international travel due to the global impact of coronavirus and plan to return immediately.

8:54 a.m. Firozpur rail division cancels trains in Himachal's Kangra after the state government banned entry of all tourists to the state over the coronavirus pandemic, railway spokesperson says.

8:01 a.m. China reports no new domestic coronavirus cases for second consecutive day, even as there were three more fatalities, taking the death toll in the country to 3,248.