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Spain's coronavirus death toll jumped by 738 overnight to exceed that of China, as the country struggled to cope with an accelerating health crisis.

The number of coronavirus deaths in Britain has jumped on the first day of a national lockdown, while the govt called for 250,000 volunteers for the health service and announced a temporary hospital would open in London.

NSW health department allowed passengers off the coronavirus-stricken Ruby Princess, which visited Dunedin recently, as they determined it to be "low risk". Forty-eight people have tested positive for the disease.

More than 1.5 billion people -- one-fifth of the world's population -- have been asked or ordered to stay home to try to blunt the spread of the coronavirus.

Australia's government will spend additional A$66.4 billion ($38.50 billion) as part of a second stimulus package to shelter the economy from the financial impact of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday, as states moved to impose major lockdowns.