A lot has happened in the last 12 hours. If you're just catching up, here are the latest headlines from Asia:

Health officials in South Korea are worried about "small clusters" of coronavirus breaking out across the country, despite the overall number of new infections going down. At least 74 people from a hospital in Daegu that specialises in elderly care have been infected, while there have also been confirmed cases at a hospital south of Seoul.

Meanwhile, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has attended a ground-breaking ceremony for a new hospital to be built in Pyongyang, state media reports - although they do not link it to the ongoing pandemic.

During a call with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, China's president Xi Jinping proposed the construction of a "Health Silk Road" to help co-ordinate global efforts to tackle the pandemic.

Japanese public broadcaster NHK is reporting that several foreign countries have cancelled or postponed their national team training camps for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.

All of Malaysia has now entered a state of lockdown, triggered in part by a religious gathering that was attended by about 16,000 people at the end of February.

In the Philippines there have been six more cases bringing the total to 193 with 14 deaths, while in Thailand there have been 35 new cases, bringing the total to 212 with one death.

A Buddhist monk watches as volunteers use disinfectant to clean Wat Traimit temple in Bangkok on March 18, 2020