A grave situation… Chinese President Xi Jinping extends the Lunar New Year holiday in a bid to hinder the spread of the deadly coronavirus, as the death toll rises to 80, while a further 2,700 people are infected. Fears rattle global markets while investors pile into safe haven assets, with 13 countries confirming cases of the infectious disease worldwide. Hong Kong and Macau has banned the entry of visitors from China's Hubei province, where the virus originated. In Italy, Matteo Salvini’s Lega party is unable to unseat the PD in a close-fought local election in the historically leftist northern region of Emilia-Romagna. And in London, the government is close to granting Huawei a restricted role in launching Britain’s 5G network, despite pressure from the Trump administration to ban the Chinese tech giant from access to the UK market.

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