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Tunisia's president on Friday ordered a general lockdown, limiting citizens' free movement in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Blackrock, the world's largest asset manager, will freeze global hiring for "a few weeks" amid the coronavirus pandemic, a source familiar with the situation said on condition of anonymity.

Bank of America Corp's consumer division has hired 1,700 people in critical support roles so far this month, a spokesman said on Friday, as the industry faces a surge in customer service demand due to concerns about the coronavirus outbreak.

The Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) said on Friday it has opened a $2.5 billion line of credit to help member countries fight coronavirus.

Northwick Park declares ‘critical incident’ as coronavirus cases overwhelm system

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday urged Americans to call on the U.S. government to lift sanctions as Iran fights the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, state media reported.

We are in a generation-defining moment created by a pandemic that has left businesses on the brink

* Bank has burnt through 16% of reserve in one-year (Adds FX rate for exchange bureaux)

Global airline capacity may fall up to 35% this year, hamper credit quality of many airlines and push the weaker ones to default, credit ratings agency Moody's said on Friday, as a drop in demand due to the coronavirus leads to cancelled flights.

The U.S. Federal Reserve continued to roll out emergency support on Friday as it enhanced efforts with other major central banks to ease a global dollar-funding crunch, backstopped a market essential for U.S. state and local government finances and ramped up its purchases of mortgage-backed securities.