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The president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has warned anyone who violates the country’s coronavirus lockdown measures could be shot.

In a televised address, Mr Duterte said it was vital everyone cooperates and follows home quarantine measures.

Any foreign national who has traveled within China in the last 14 days will not be allowed to enter the United States, according to a proclamation from President Trump. The action is to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, said US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar. Azar also said that he was declaring a public health emergency in the US.

COVID-19, which has killed more than 8,000 people as the disease sweeps across the world, has prompted cities and areas everywhere to take action, ordering quarantines and lockdowns in an effort to keep people indoors and curb the spread of the coronavirus.