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Iran reports 141 new virus deaths, raising total to 2,898 31 Mar 2020 - 01:56 pm
TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 30: A view of the fairground of Iranmall, Tehran's largest shopping mall, after it converted into a hospital for coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, in Tehran, Iran on March 30, 2020. Due to the new type of coronavirus pandemic, the fair
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
China to focus on Asymptomatic coronavirus cases as public fears grow 31 Mar 2020 - 12:49 pm
Students sit in a classroom as grade three students in middle school and high school return after the term opening was delayed due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, in Huaian in China's eastern Jiangsu province on March 30, 2020. / AFP / STR
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
New York gets hospital ship as coronavirus accelerates in US 31 Mar 2020 - 12:13 pm
NEW YORK, USA - MARCH 30: USNS Comfort, the hospital ship is docked at the Pier 90 in New York, United States on March 30, 2020. ( Tayfun Co?kun - Anadolu Agency )
Europe sends medical gear to Iran in first sanction-bypass deal 31 Mar 2020 - 12:04 pm
A traffic police officer wears a protective face mask and gloves, amid fear of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as he walks in Tehran, Iran March 26, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Ali Khara via Reuters
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
Turkey's new hospital opens doors for COVID-19 patients 31 Mar 2020 - 11:21 am
A Turkish health official checks the temperature of a driver at a check point, on the Asian side ,entry of Istanbul on March 30,2020. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Turks to stay at home and adapt themselves to
Malaysia calls on women to 'stop nagging, use makeup' in coronavirus advice 31 Mar 2020 - 11:16 am
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Indian doctors fight coronavirus with raincoats, helmets amid lack of equipment 31 Mar 2020 - 10:57 am
A doctor wearing a torn raincoat stands at the major coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment facility amid concerns about the spread of the disease in Kolkata, India, March 26, 2020. Picture taken March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer
S.Korea puts off school opening again, will turn to online 31 Mar 2020 - 10:06 am
A student wearing a mask to prevent contracting the coronavirus walks past a professor of Pusan National University Park Hyun who used to be a coronavirus patient as he have an interview with Reuters at Pusan National University in Busan, South Korea, Mar
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
Cherry blossoms, empty stores in virus-hit Japan 31 Mar 2020 - 09:36 am
People wearing protective face masks following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are seen among blooming cherry blossoms in Tokyo, Japan March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
New York hospital doctor prepares for the worst 31 Mar 2020 - 08:47 am
The One World Trade Center is illuminated in red, white and blue in recognition of the ongoing nationwide effort to combat coronavirus during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, as it is seen from Exchange Place, New Jerse
Nineteen killed in massive China forest fire 31 Mar 2020 - 08:40 am
Firefighters battle a forest blaze in Xichang in China's southwestern Sichuan province early on March 31, 2020. / AFP / STR
Brazil court stops Costa cruise crew coming ashore due to coronavirus 30 Mar 2020 - 07:50 pm
Passangers of Holland America's cruise ship Zaandam are seen as the ship navigates through the Panama Canal in Panama City, on March 29, 2020. AFP / Luis Acosta
Woman convicted in Thai knife attack held in girl's death 30 Mar 2020 - 07:42 pm
A passenger sits in a commuter train in Bangkok on March 26, 2020, amid decreased passengers numbers due to fears over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. AFP / Mladen Antonov
Van Gogh painting stolen from Dutch museum closed by virus 30 Mar 2020 - 05:37 pm
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