India, Jan. 23 -- New cases reported in Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Scotland; three Chinese cities shut to prevent infection from spreading

The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) continued its march across the world on January 23, 2020, with new cases popping up in Singapore and Saudi Arabia, even as three Chinese cities shut themselves owing to the outbreak.

An Indian nurse hailing from Kerala and working at a hospital in Saudi Arabia has tested positive for the virus, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan tweeted on January 23.

A 100 nurses were tested but the rest have been found not to be infected, Muraleedharan added. There is no word on this from the government of Saudi Arabia government yet.

Meanwhile, three m...