A Brisbane resident takes The World Today through her stockpile of supplies, bought "just in case" of a coronavirus-related home quarantine.

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has confirmed the presence of the COVID-19 coronavirus in an aged care facility in Sydney.

As the threat from the coronavirus looms large over most of the world, in China where it first emerged there are signs that the medical emergency is starting to ease, with steady declines in the rate of new infections and deaths.

It's Super Tuesday in the US, and it's make-or-break for the Democratic candidates hoping to face Donald Trump in November's presidential election.

Supermarket shelves cleaned out, hand-sanitiser and toilet paper stocks running low - is the coronavirus causing panic buying or are people just being prepared?; And the shocking story of children being stolen from their impoverished families to elicit money from unsuspecting westerners, Sally Sara brings us a special report from Nepal.

With Australia's first case of human-to-human transmission of coronavirus, the Federal Government says it is ready to take extreme steps in the event of a mass outbreak.

"Mass gatherings" could be banned as part of Australia's pandemic response. The question is what constitutes a "mass gathering" and do schools fit into this category?

There are more empty shelves in supermarkets around the country as people stock up in fear of the virus.

So should we actually be calling this "panic buying" at all, or are people just being prepared? David Savage is an Associate Professor of Behavioural Economics at the University of Newcastle and he specialises in decision-making during times like this.

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu could be on the verge of clinching victory in the nation's third election in under a year.