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There are no funerals: Death in quarantine leaves nowhere to grieve 20 Mar 2020 - 01:14 pm
Undertakers wearing a face mask unload a coffin out of a hearse on March 16, 2020 at the Monumental cemetery of Bergamo, Lombardy, as burials of people who died of the new coronavirus are being conducted at the rythm of one every half hour. AFP / Piero Cr
Italian virus death toll nears China's as outbreak spreads 19 Mar 2020 - 05:23 pm
A medical worker wearing a protective mask and suit treats a patient suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in an intensive care unit at the Oglio Po hospital in Cremona, Italy March 19, 2020. (REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo)
Italian army moves coronavirus dead from overwhelmed town 19 Mar 2020 - 04:04 pm
This photo provided by Italian news agency Ansa on March 19, 2020 shows Italian Army trucks parked outside the Monumental cemetery of Bergamo, Lombardy on March 18, 2020, mobilized to transport and bring about sixty coffins to crematoriums in other region
With tourists gone, Prague's expat workers adapt to replace lost income 19 Mar 2020 - 03:52 pm
FILE PHOTO: An empty medieval Charles Bridge is seen in Prague, as the Czech government restricts movement of people to slow the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Czech Republic, March 16, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny/File Photo
EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has coronavirus 19 Mar 2020 - 02:32 pm
A file photo dated on March 05, 2020 shows European Union Chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier speaking during a press conference after the first round of UK-EU negotiations in Brussels. (Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency)
Russia reports its first coronavirus death 19 Mar 2020 - 12:06 pm
Two women wearing protective face masks to protect from the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, use their smartphone to take a selfie while standing on Red Square in downtown Moscow on March 18, 2020. / AFP / Dimitar DILKOFF
Virus keeps 500 million people home around the world 19 Mar 2020 - 11:58 am
A view shows the deserted Arc de Triomphe as lockdown is imposed to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Paris, France, March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Greece bans gatherings of 10 people and more, effective Thursday 18 Mar 2020 - 07:25 pm
People wear protective face masks as they walk outside closed stores, as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus disease COVID-19), on the main commercial Ermou Street in Athens, Greece, March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Costas Baltas
Uncounted among coronavirus victims, deaths sweep through Italy's nursing homes 18 Mar 2020 - 07:14 pm
Medical workers in protective suits push an isolation stretcher in front of the Columbus Clinic, where patients suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were moved from Spallanzani Hospital, in Rome, Italy March 16, 2020. Reuters/Remo Casilli
Brussels calling: Can the EU be run by videolink? 18 Mar 2020 - 03:29 pm
Twitter / Ursula von der Leyen (President of EU_Commission)
Chairman of Santander's Portuguese unit dies from coronavirus-report 18 Mar 2020 - 02:35 pm
A logo of Santander is seen on a branch in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain January 27, 2016. REUTERS/ Marcelo del Pozo/File Photo
Italy says coronavirus lockdown may need to be extended 18 Mar 2020 - 01:49 pm
A view shows clearer waters by gondolas in Venice's Grand Canal near the Rialto Bridge (Rear L) on March 17, 2020 as a result of the stoppage of motorboat traffic, following the country's lockdown within the new coronavirus crisis. / AFP / ANDREA PATTARO
UK grocers ration goods, bulk up online to deal with virus 18 Mar 2020 - 01:38 pm
People walk past a sign warning customers of product shortages outside a Sainsbury's Local supermarket in central Birmingham, Britain, March 15, 2020 . REUTERS/Andrew Boyers
Panic buying forces British supermarkets to impose limits 18 Mar 2020 - 12:49 pm
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Britons should stop all non-essential travel globally - foreign minister 17 Mar 2020 - 04:29 pm
People wearing protective face masks in Covent Garden, London as the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world. London, Britain, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
German CDU leadership contender Merz has coronavirus - spokesman 17 Mar 2020 - 04:29 pm
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WHO confirms two coronavirus cases among its staff 17 Mar 2020 - 01:48 pm
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Greece to shut shops, quarantine all arrivals from abroad 17 Mar 2020 - 12:32 pm
ATHENS - Greece, MARCH 17: A cleaner sweeps with a protective mask as a preventive measure against coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in front of the central building of University of Athens in Greece on March 17, 2020. ( Andreas Papakonstantinou - Anadolu A