(Partner content) The rand tumbled towards the end of last week amid a strengthening dollar, increased fleeing from emerging market currencies and weaker-than-expected business confidence.

108 deaths were reported on Tuesday, making it the single deadliest day of the Coronavirus.

Shortage of masks, cancelled attendances at major trade shows, restricted access to cruise ships.. Here are the developments from around the world on the coronavirus over the past 24 hours.

Teacher Jordan Hill has been living under quarantine in China for weeks since the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus.

Facing at least 14 days of quarantine in Japan’s Yokohama, passengers on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship are climbing their cabin walls with frustration.

The crisis has seen a number of governments around the world and in Asia block flights to and from Hong Kong, including popular destinations Taiwan and the Philippines.

The ‘sacred solution’ sells for around R550 a bottle.

The government have dismissed claims that two patients in KZN came down with the coronavirus. Their tests came back negative on Thursday evening.

Chinese visitors who have booked an SA holiday are, in any instances, being allowed to cancel without penalty because their government has banned leisure travel due to the coronavirus.

Following a tumultuous period on the financial markets, a monetary injection by China’s central bank is calming investor fears around the impact of the coronavirus.

The respite could prove to be temporary, but for now, there is good news regarding the spread of the coronavirus and its potential to hit South Africa.

The first person suspected of having the deadly coronavirus in South Africa has been isolated in Limpopo, as medical professionals continue their tests.

Hackers are cashing in on coronavirus fears by spreading malware and launching phishing attacks. Here’s what you need to know.

(Partner content) Risk-off sentiment continued to dominate the markets during the past week due to the economic fallout from the coronavirus.

The hospital is staffed by more than 1 400 military medics and holds more than 1 000 beds.

The Tembisa Hospital has been identified as a main treatment facility for coronavirus patients. But the DA aren’t happy. Namibia is also affected.

The Chinese Ambassador to SA has told dozens of South Africans trapped in Wuhan that they must remain in the coronavirus-hit city.

There were 2,829 new confirmed cases nationally on Monday, bringing the total infected to 17,205, health officials said.

A Chinese woman infected with the coronavirus showed a dramatic improvement after she was treated with a cocktail of anti-virals used to treat flu and HIV.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is calling for a debate of national importance on the coronavirus and other pandemics.

On Thursday, Russia said it was closing the border with China in the Far East to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.

The Botswana government announced on Friday 31 January 2020 that it was investigating the first suspected case of the coronavirus in Gaborone.

In the past 24 hours, 14 samples were submitted to the National Health Laboratory Services for testing of the Coronavirus – all of which tested negative.

Thousands of foreign nationals are being evacuated from the coronavirus-hit Wuhan by their governments. But South Africans stuck there aren’t so lucky.

Google searches for “corona beer virus” jumped 2 300% globally and Searches for “beer virus” jumped 744% in the same period.