A number of sports teams and organisations around the world have either reduced the salaries of players and officials, or cut their staff numbers in the wake of the virus outbreak that has crippled global sport.

The start of the English cricket season has been delayed until at least 28 May due to the outbreak, and the ECB is also drawing up contingency plans in case the season is pushed back further.

“Sadly, a 13-year old boy who tested positive for COVID-19 has passed away, and our thoughts and condolences are with the family at this time,” King’s College Hospital said in a statement.

At 1550 GMT the rand was 0.78% firmer at 17.7700 to the dollar.

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Conway has also been granted an exceptional circumstance dispensation by the ICC, which means should he be selected for New Zealand’s tour of Bangladesh starting on 12 August, he would be allowed to play tour matches before the deadline.

Johnson, who announced on Friday that he was infected with the virus but would continue to lead the government’s response to the outbreak, chaired a meeting on Monday from self-isolation in Downing Street.

The Fox broadcast network carried the hour-long show, dubbed the iHeart Living Room Concert for America, live without commercial interruption, drawing 8.7 million television viewers, Fox said.

That market is now boarded up, and an adjacent wholesale fruit centre is also closed with more than 100,000 yuan (11,411.78 pounds) worth of mangoes, melons and other fruit rotting outside.

All UEFA competitions have been halted because of the flu-like virus that has killed around 34,000 people, while this year’s European Championship has been pushed back to 2021.

The couple will now focus on their family for the next few months while 'developing their future non-profit organisation', a statement from their office said.

“Roughly 1,000 a day ... that’s not an acceleration. It’s quite important, it tells you that actually this is a bit more stable than it has been,” he told a news conference.

In a grim new milestone marking the spread of the virus, total deaths across the United States hit 3,017, including at least 540 on Monday, and the reported cases climbed to more than 163,000, according to a Reuters tally.

Inmates have no access to gloves or proper masks and have only cold water to wash their hands, said Hernandez, who was convicted of attempted murder and has served eight years.

The vaccine could be available for emergency use authorisation in early 2021.

“We are unable to supply (customers) with metal because now our operations have closed down so we will have to declare force majeure,” said Sibanye spokesman James Wellsted, adding that demand from automotive customers had fallen.

Washing hands requires clean water, yet more than 2 billion people globally lack access to it, according to the UN.

Moody’s downgrade will see South Africa kicked out of the benchmark World Government Bond Index (WGBI) of local-currency debt at the end of April, triggering up to $12 billion of forced selling, treasury and analysts estimate.