Kobe Bryant tributes and coronavirus latest

“This is absolutely terrible. Everyone is numb,” tweeted actress and model Chrissy Teigen, as she and others reacted to the death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant. Bryant, 41, and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were among nine people killed when a Sikorsky S-76B helicopter crashed in the city of Calabasas, California.

Moments of silence have been observed at basketball games across the US for a player who enjoyed a 20-year career that included being named 2008’s NBA Most Valuable Player. Shaquille O’Neal, who won three NBA titles with Bryant for the LA Lakers, said he had “no words to express the pain I’m going through”.

The city of Wuhan, where the outbreak occurred, remains on lockdown and, across China, the new year holiday has been extended to Sunday, closing schools and government institutions in an effort to stem the spread.

The atmosphere at the Grammys, the music world’s biggest awards show, was more subdued than usual, following the news of Kobe Bryant’s death. Host Alicia Keys dedicated the event to his memory.

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Too much stuff is an all too common problem during a disaster, says Juanita Rilling, director of the Center for International Disaster Information in the US.

“Certainly in the last 50 years worldwide, the response to almost every major emergency has been affected by a flood of unsolicited donations that get in the way,” she told the BBC.

Donations of goods from abroad often compete with local rescue efforts for resources like airport runway space, staff and gasoline, if there are shortages.

Metro and the Daily Mirror lead on the death of Kobe Bryant, the latter quoting the Reverend Jesse Jackson saying: “There is a hole in the basketball world.” The Daily Telegraph reports on the US warning the UK that its sovereignty is at risk if it allows Chinese telecoms firm Huawei to become involved in its 5G network. And the Guardian says experts are warning that up to 100,000 people may have the coronavirus. Read the newspaper review in full.

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