Latest developments on coronavirus around the world

U.S.: President Donald Trump said the National Guard will be sent to New York, California and Washington states to help fight the coronavirus outbreak. Total number of infection cases passed 30,000.

First U.S. senator infected: Rand Paul of Kentucky becomes the first known senator to test positive for coronavirus.

First U.S. ambassador infected: U.S. Ambassador to Burkina Faso Andrew Young said Sunday he had tested positive for COVID-19.

Germany: Chancellor Angela Merkel is in self quarantine after a doctor who gave her a vaccination tested positive for the coronavirus.

The country also announced to ban public gatherings of more than two people.

France: Nationwide tally rose to 16,018, death toll jumped by 112 in a day to 674. Among the victims was a hospital doctor.

Italy: Death toll at 5,476 after a rise of 651; total number of infections jumped by 5,560 to 59,138.

Spain: Opera singer Placido Domingo said on Sunday he had tested positive for coronavirus and had gone into self-isolation.

Saudi Arabia: A 21-day curfew to be imposed from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. starting Monday evening.

Syria: First coronavirus case confirmed.

Egypt: Number of infections rose to 327 after a 33-case rise. Four new deaths were also registered, bring the total to 14.

Mozambique: First case of novel coronavirus infection – a 75-year-old man who had recently returned from Britain.