ABC新闻:中国境外新冠肺炎新增病例数超过中国境内 新德里骚乱不断升级

There's been a major turning point in the spread of the coronavirus this morning, with more new cases of the illness now being recorded outside of China than inside. Fresh hotspots are emerging globally, but the World Health Oganisation has again stopped short of declaring a pandemic. In Australia, health authorities are preparing, with hospitals on alert and plans in place to manage a more widespread outbreak of the disease.
It's been revealed a football club in Scott Morrison's electorate was given a 50-thousand dollar sports grant for a building that had already been built. Guidelines for the controversial program stated projects would be ineligible for funding if work had already commenced. But a spokesperson for the prime minister has defended the decision, saying the project was assessed as eligible, and it was the responsibility of the applicant and Sport Australia to make sure it met the criteria. Yesterday the audit office confirmed that the prime minister's staff exchanged 136 emails with colleagues about the 100-million dollar scheme.

27 people are dead and hundreds badly injured, after a third night of violent clashes in New Delhi over a controversial citizenship law. Tensions have been boiling since December between thousands demonstrating for and against the law, which grants amnesty to illegal immigrants from certain neighbouring countries, but excludes muslims. India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, has spoken out for the first time since rioting escalated appealing for calm.