FACT BOX: The latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world

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* France reported 78 new deaths on Friday, taking the total to 450, an increase of 21%. * Germany may enforce a nationwide curfew if the country's 83 million people fail to keep their distance from each other this weekend. * Mexico and the United States have agreed to form a joint task force to combat the spread at their border.

* Indonesia's total of cases rose to 450, with 38 deaths, a health ministry official said on Saturday. This comes a day after the governor of Jakarta declared a state of emergency in the Indonesian capital for the next two weeks. * Saudi Arabia, which has announced a $31.93 billion support package, has suspended all domestic flights, buses, taxis and trains for 14 days starting Saturday.

People form a long queue snaking a long way around the parking lot, as they wait to enter a wholesaler supermarket in Coventry, England. Picture: Jacob King / PA via AP* Wall Street retreated on Friday after New York ordered residents to stay at home, rattling investors who had welcomed this week's fiscal and monetary measures.

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