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Italy wakes up to deserted streets in unprecedented coronavirus lockdown 10 Mar 2020 - 12:10 pm
General view of the Rome's Spanish Steps, virtually deserted after a decree orders for the whole of Italy to be on lockdown in an unprecedented clampdown aimed at beating the coronavirus, in Rome, Italy, March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Serie A, all sport in Italy halted because of coronavirus crisis 10 Mar 2020 - 08:51 am
Photographers take pictures of the empty Juventus stadium before the Italian Serie A football match Juventus vs Inter Milan which will be played behind closed doors, in Turin on March 8, 2020. AFP / Vincenzo Pinto
Italians unravel new world of strict virus-control measures 09 Mar 2020 - 11:08 pm
Inter Milan and Juventus players compete in an empty stadium due to the novel coronavirus outbreak during the Italian Serie A football match Juventus vs Inter Milan, at the Juventus stadium in Turin on March 8, 2020. AFP / Vincenzo Pinto
Germany reports first two deaths from coronavirus 09 Mar 2020 - 09:14 pm
A Czech police officer, with a protective mask, checks the temperature of a driver during sanitary checks on drivers at the border crossing between Germany and Czech Republic, near the German village of Furth and the Czech village Nova Kubice in a measure
Ireland cancels St Patrick's Day parades over coronavirus 09 Mar 2020 - 09:14 pm
Participants on sheep are seen during the St Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin, Ireland, March 17, 2017. Reuters / Clodagh Kilcoyne
Royal farewell: UK's Harry and Meghan bow out from official roles 09 Mar 2020 - 06:34 pm
Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attend the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain, March 9, 2020. Phil Harris /Pool via Reuters
Germany says coronavirus cases top 1,000 09 Mar 2020 - 12:52 pm
German Health Minister Jens Spahn and Berlin's Health Senator Dilek Kalayci prepare for a meeting with the federal Health Minsters in Berlin on March 4, 2020, to discuss measures in connection with the novel coronavirus. / AFP / Tobias SCHWARZ
US Army restricts travel to Italy, South Korea over coronavirus 08 Mar 2020 - 04:15 pm
Tourists wearing protective masks visit Piazza di Spagna in Rome on March 8, 2020. AFP / Tiziana FABI
Italy orders lockdown of swathes of north to try to stop coronavirus 08 Mar 2020 - 09:21 am
Piazza Bra, virtually deserted as Italy battles a coronavirus outbreak, in Verona, Italy, March 7, 2020. REUTERS/Alberto Lingria
London Heathrow baggage handlers test positive for coronavirus 07 Mar 2020 - 07:13 pm
A man wears a surgical mask as he sits in Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Coronavirus: latest developments worldwide 07 Mar 2020 - 06:28 pm
A staff member at city transport company wearing protective clothing disinfects a bus as new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases are reported in Skopje, North Macedonia March 7, 2020.REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski
Brussels reassures Italy over coronavirus support plan 07 Mar 2020 - 06:08 pm
Tourists wearing protective masks looks on at Spanish Steps (Piazza di Spagna) in Rome on March 7, 2020 amid fear of Covid-19 epidemic. AFP / Alberto PIZZOLI
Italy calls in retired doctors to help fight coronavirus 07 Mar 2020 - 01:48 pm
People wear face masks as a precaution not to being exposed to the coronavirus walking around Collesium in Rone, Italy on March 6, 2020. Bar?? Seçkin - Anadolu
Son of Georgia medical chief contracts coronavirus 07 Mar 2020 - 01:38 pm
An employee wearing protective gear rides an escalator while spraying disinfectant to sanitize a metro station over coronavirus fears in Tbilisi, Georgia March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze
Commonwealth launches training for bystanders to spot abuse 06 Mar 2020 - 10:22 pm
Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland speaks during a news conference in London, Britain, April 20, 2018. Reuters/Hannah McKay
Asylum-seekers, coronavirus collide with complicated results 06 Mar 2020 - 10:07 pm
This picture taken from the Greek side of the Greece-Turkey border, shows the railway lines near Kastanies, on March 6, 2020.  AFP / Angelos Tzortzinis
Italy coronavirus deaths near 200 after biggest daily jump 06 Mar 2020 - 10:06 pm
Tourists, some of them wearing respiratory masks, visit the Coliseum in Rome on March 6, 2020.  AFP / Tiziana Fabi
Banks in London send more staff home as virus spreads 06 Mar 2020 - 06:40 pm
A woman uses a cash point machine at a HSBC bank in the City of London in a file photo. Reuters / Andrew Winning