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Russia reaches new virus milestone as cases top 165,000 06 May 2020 - 02:26 pm
Cars drive past a sign reading 'COVID-19 Quarantine' on a road towards Pervomayskoye settlement during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Leningrad Region, Russia May 5, 2020. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
Doping-Russia to resume testing despite coronavirus outbreak 06 May 2020 - 02:01 pm
Grave diggers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) bury a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victim in the special purpose section of a graveyard on the outskirts of Saint Petersburg, Russia May 5, 2020. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
Behind closed doors, France's COVID-19 death toll likely to jump 06 May 2020 - 01:41 pm
A wearing a protective face mask walks past a placard with health and social distancing informations at a metro station of Paris transport network (RATP) during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Paris, France, May 5, 2020. REUTERS/Beno
Spanish leader looks set to secure extension to state of emergency 06 May 2020 - 11:11 am
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during the Government's question time session at the Senate in Madrid on May 5, 2020. Spain's coalition government warned the opposition yesterday it could spark
Red Cross looks to global influencers to fight virus 'infodemic' 05 May 2020 - 05:51 pm
A member of the Red Cross takes the temperature of passengers of a bus as a preventive measure against the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, on the Guadalajara-Morelia highway, Jalisco State, Mexico, on May 2, 2020. / AFP / ULISES RUIZ
Austria says reopening shops has not accelerated coronavirus infections 05 May 2020 - 02:47 pm
A woman walks past a store selling face masks and hygienic supplies in Vienna, Austria on May 4, 2020, amidst the new coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. From May 1, stores were reopened in Austria and people have been allowed to leave their homes with fewer r
WHO urges countries to investigate early COVID-19 cases 05 May 2020 - 02:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: Executive Director of the World Health Organization's (WHO) emergencies program Mike Ryan speaks at a news conference on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Geneva, Switzerland February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
France's early COVID-19 case may hold clues to pandemic's start 05 May 2020 - 01:47 pm
Inhabitants applaud at 20:00 along with others across the French nation, to show their support to healthcare employees in Saint-Mande, a Paris' suburb, on May 4, 2020 during the 49th day of a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19
Russia's virus cases rise by over 10,000 for third day 05 May 2020 - 12:38 pm
TOPSHOT - This photo taken on May 1, 2020 shows staff wearing hazmat suits as a precaution against the COVID-19 coronavirus checking the temperature of a driver at a customs checkpoint on the border with Russia at Suifenhe, in China's northeast Heilongjia
U.K. scientists advised ministers to ‘gradually’ ease lockdown 05 May 2020 - 12:21 pm
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 4: A police van is seen parked at Piccadilly Circus in central London, England on May 4, 2020. On Sunday prime minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce a road map for exiting the lockdown that was enforced to control the
UK COVID-19 death toll rises above 32,000, highest in Europe - data 05 May 2020 - 12:09 pm
Commuters wearing protective masks keep social distancing as they wait for their train at the Atocha train station, on the first day mask usage is mandatory in public transport, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, May 4, 202
Freedom! In France, a nursing home takes on COVID and wins 04 May 2020 - 05:17 pm
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Greeks rush to hairdressers, florists, beaches, as virus lockdown eases 04 May 2020 - 03:15 pm
:Hairdresser David Cores cuts his first client's hair after reopening his barber shop in Pontevedra, on May 4, 2020, for the first time since the beginning of a national lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease./ AFP / MIGUEL RIOPA
German study suggests infections are 10 times the number of confirmed cases 04 May 2020 - 02:51 pm
People wait in line to get into a Louis Vuitton store on May 2, 2020, in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, amid the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. / AFP / Yann Schreiber
UK says China has questions to answer over coronavirus outbreak 04 May 2020 - 01:49 pm
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 1: Benches are covered with tapes to enforce social distancing alongside the Thames River in London, England on May 1. As government prepares to announce an road map to exit strict social distancing precautions next week, toda
Masks handed out to commuters as Spain takes steps towards reopening 04 May 2020 - 01:23 pm
People exercise along Las Ramblas in Barcelona, on May 2, 2020, during the hours allowed by the government to exercise, for the first time since the beginning of a national lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease. / AFP / PAU BARRENA
Italy eases long lockdown, but fears resurgence of coronavirus 04 May 2020 - 11:01 am
People with protective masks ride on a subway train, as Italy begins a staged end to a nationwide lockdown due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Rome, Italy May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Italy's daily coronavirus death toll drops sharply ahead of lockdown easing 03 May 2020 - 07:09 pm
A man rides his bike as another jogs past Rome's Santa Maria in Trastevere square on May 3, 2020, during the country's lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus.  AFP / Vincenzo PINTO