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Italy's 'very long' lockdown to only end gradually 30 Mar 2020 - 10:32 am
Life in lockdown: Two-year-old Bianca Toniolo looks through the gates of a closed playground close to her home in San Fiorano, one of the original 'red zone' towns in northern Italy that has now been extended to whole country, in this picture taken by her
UK hospitals trial new version of a breathing aid 30 Mar 2020 - 09:00 am
Ambulances are seen outside St Thomas' hospital, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, March 29, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Italy reports second straight daily drop in coronavirus deaths 29 Mar 2020 - 07:31 pm
Nurses put on their Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) before starting to work on the preparation of the Intensive care unit in the new Covid-19 Hospital on March 29, 2020 in Verduno, near Alba, Northwestern Italy o AFP / MARCO BERTORELLO
Italy coronavirus deaths rise by 756, lifting total death toll to 10,779 29 Mar 2020 - 06:28 pm
Priest Don Marcello blesses the coffins lined up in the church of San Giuseppe, waiting to be brought to the crematorium by the Italian military on March 28, 2020 in Seriate, Italy. (Pier Marco Tacca / Anadolu Agency)
German minister commits suicide after 'virus crisis worries' 29 Mar 2020 - 06:25 pm
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Virus forces Europeans to ask: How united do we want to be? 29 Mar 2020 - 06:25 pm
This handout image released by Barcelona City Hall on March 29, 2020 shows beds at the extension of the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, set-up for coronavirus patients. AFP
With PM Johnson ill, coronavirus strikes at heart of British politics 29 Mar 2020 - 06:25 pm
Boris Johnson appears on monitors for COVID-19 meeting in London, Britain March 28, 2020. Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street/Handout via Reuters
Record virus deaths in Spain as world hunkers down for long haul 29 Mar 2020 - 06:25 pm
Mortuary employees wearing face masks carry the coffin of a COVID-19 coronavirus victim during a burial at the Fuencarral cemetery in Madrid on March 29, 2020. AFP / Baldesca Samper
Italy: 101-year-old influenza survivor beats COVID-19 29 Mar 2020 - 02:52 pm
A picture shows the Colisseum in Rome on March 28, 2020, during the country's lockdown aimed at stopping the spread of the COVID-19 (new coronavirus) pandemic./ AFP / Vincenzo PINTO
Moscow says coronavirus outbreak enters new phase as residents go out to brave risk 29 Mar 2020 - 02:25 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin wearing protective gear visits a hospital where patients infected with the COVID-19 novel coronavirus are being treated in the settlement of Kommunarka in Moscow on March 24, 2020. / AFP / SPUTNIK / Alexey DRUZHININ
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