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Spain’s coronavirus death toll rises by 838 overnight to 6,528 29 Mar 2020 - 01:04 pm
An ambulance driver wearing a protective face mask and suit takes a break near the emergency unit at 12 de Octubre hospital during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain March 28, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
'Merkel is back': virus crisis boosts Germany's centre-right 29 Mar 2020 - 12:45 pm
The empty chair of German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen as she participates in the weekly cabinet meeting by video conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, on March 23, 2020. AFP / POOL / FABRIZIO BENSCH
UK's Johnson warns on coronavirus: Things to get worse before they get better 29 Mar 2020 - 11:25 am
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. London, Britain, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo
Europe death toll from coronavirus surges past 20,000 28 Mar 2020 - 05:54 pm
A Bundeswehr handout photo shows staff in protective suits leaving the German air force Airbus A-310
Portugal to treat migrants as residents during coronavirus crisis 28 Mar 2020 - 05:32 pm
A health worker at a drive-thru coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing center in Lisbon, Portugal, March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
Russia to close borders starting on March 30 28 Mar 2020 - 05:27 pm
A municipal vehicle disinfects a street on the outskirts of Moscow on March 28, 2020, as the city attempts to curb the spread of the COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. / AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV
UK coronavirus deaths pass 1,000: official 28 Mar 2020 - 04:52 pm
Staff prepare to load equipment into London Ambulance Service vehicles in the east car park at the ExCeL London exhibition centre in London on March 28, 2020. AFP / Glyn KIRK
Merkel thanks compliant Germans, shutdown to continue until at least April 20 28 Mar 2020 - 02:59 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a press statement on the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19 at the Chancellery in Berlin. / AFP / POOL / Michael Kappeler
France, Italy step up push for crisis tools resisted by Germany 28 Mar 2020 - 02:51 pm
Medical staff install a patient aboard a French medical helicopter NH90 of the 1st RHC near Mercy hospital (CHR Metz), eastern France, to be evacuated to a German hospital in Essen, on March 28, 2020, amid the outbreak of the COVID-19 caused by the novel
Virus infections top 600,000 worldwide, long fight ahead 28 Mar 2020 - 02:15 pm
Jordanian soldiers check a car as they guard a check point in the northern governorate of Irbid, as the city has been isolated and people were banned from entering it, after the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have increased in the area, Ir
Italy, Spain suffer record virus deaths as infection rate surges 28 Mar 2020 - 12:16 pm
A man walks his dog in an empty street in Madrid on March 27, 2020 amid a national lockdown to fight the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. AFP / Gabriel Bouys
Italy tops 9,000 coronavirus deaths, overtakes China in cases 27 Mar 2020 - 08:14 pm
Two persons pray close to the Vatican as Pope Francis delivers an extraordinary
British PM Johnson tests positive for coronavirus 27 Mar 2020 - 02:23 pm
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister boris Johnson leaves Downing Street, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. London, Britain, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo
Spain's female football referees on frontline of coronavirus fight 26 Mar 2020 - 05:56 pm
A combo of handout pictures made on March 23, 2020 shows Spanish nurse and semi-professional football referee Iragartze Fernandez officiating a match (L), at a hospital desk (C) and at a hospital in Bilbao during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. AFP / F
Romanian health minister quits as coronavirus spreads 26 Mar 2020 - 02:15 pm
Police forces talk to a pedestrian as they watch over the freshly issued curfew in the streets of Bucharest on March 23, 2020 amid the spread of the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus).  AFP / Daniel MIHAILESCU
Switzerland cases near 10,000, deaths top 100 26 Mar 2020 - 12:58 pm
Swiss soldier Antoine Schuerch of the Hospital Battalion 2 of the Swiss army moves equipment during a media visit of the deployment at Pourtales Hospital during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Neuchatel, Switzerland, March 25, 2020. REUTERS
Two more weeks of lockdown as Spain's coronavirus crisis worsens 26 Mar 2020 - 12:53 pm
A member of the Military Emergencies Unit (UME) carries out a general disinfection at a local market in Badalona near Barcelona on March 25, 2020. AFP / PAU BARRENA
Daily bread? In France, fighting virus 1 baguette at a time 26 Mar 2020 - 12:46 pm
A delivery man rests in Place de la Republique during the Coronavirus lockdown in Paris, France on March 25, 2020. ( Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt - Anadolu Agency )