Extreme denial

Turkmenistan may not be somewhere you hear about particularly often - it's largely known for its autocratic government and huge gas reserves.

But the Central Asian nation has taken an extreme approach to the coronavirus.

In fact, it's reportedly banned the use of the word altogether.

State media has been stopped from using it and it has also been removed from health information brochures, according to the group Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

People wearing face masks or talking about the virus are even liable to be arrested by undercover police, RSF says.

It's worth noting that Turkmenistan is one of the world's most closed-off countries. The government has an absolute monopoly of the media and foreign news websites (like this one) are blocked.

The country has so far reported no cases of the virus. Neighbouring Iran, meanwhile, has reported more than 47,000.