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Italy mourns its virus dead at end of fateful month 31 Mar 2020 - 02:09 pm
Mayor of Bari Antonio Decaro attends a ceremony to draw an Italian flag to half mast as mayors across Italy stand in silence to honour the country's dead due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bari, Italy, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo
German city introduces face masks for shoppers as corona cases rise 31 Mar 2020 - 01:20 pm
Saturday shoppers wearing protection masks carry their goods at the Yorck Strasse market in Berlin on March 28, 2020 amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. . / AFP / Odd ANDERSEN
Czech Republic's coronavirus infections top 3,000 31 Mar 2020 - 12:23 pm
:A woman wearing a face mask stands on the Charles Bridge on March 28, 2020, in Prague, where most activities slowed down or came to a halt due to the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. / AFP / Michal Cizek
Thousands of French students 'lost' amid school shutdown: minister 31 Mar 2020 - 11:56 am
A high school student takes a test online at her home in Chisseaux near Tours on March 27, 2020, on the eleventh day of a lockdown in France to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. / AFP / Alain Jocard
British Airways suspending flights from London's Gatwick 31 Mar 2020 - 09:47 am
A British Airways flight takes off from Sydney International Airport in Sydney on March 27, 2020. AFP / Saeed Khan
Van Gogh painting stolen from Dutch museum closed by virus 30 Mar 2020 - 05:37 pm
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Britain to spend 75 million pounds getting stranded citizens home 30 Mar 2020 - 05:17 pm
Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab holding a remote press conference to update the nation on the Covid-19 pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street in central London on March 30, 2020. AFP/ 10 Downing Street / Pippa Fowles
COVID-19: Italy reports 812 new deaths as spread slows 30 Mar 2020 - 05:17 pm
A basket hung up so people can donate or take for free food is seen, as Italy struggles to contain the  COVID-19 in Naples, Italy March 30, 2020. The sign reads:
Putin urges Moscow residents to respect lockdown 30 Mar 2020 - 05:01 pm
Police officers wearing face masks patrol on the empty Red square, with the St. Basil's Cathedral (L) and Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower (R) in the background, in Moscow on March 30, 2020. AFP / Dimitar DILKOFF
Spanish designer dresses last brides as coronavirus halts weddings 30 Mar 2020 - 04:49 pm
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UK's Prince Charles, 71, out of self-isolation and in good health 30 Mar 2020 - 03:01 pm
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Charles looks on during a visit to the London Transport Museum, in London, Britain March 4, 2020. Victoria Jones/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Spain tops China in number of virus infections 30 Mar 2020 - 01:00 pm
A deserted Plaza de Colon square is seen during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, March 28, 2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera
UK PM Johnson's senior adviser Cummings has coronavirus symptoms - Daily Mail 30 Mar 2020 - 12:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: Dominic Cummings, special adviser for Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, leaves his home, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in London, Britain, March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
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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