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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
Colombian rebel group calls temporary ceasefire over pandemic 30 Mar 2020 - 05:17 pm
UNHCR workers setting up a temporary hospital to care for those infected with the COVID-19, in Cucuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela, on March 28, 2020. AFP / Schneyder Mendoza
Coronavirus hits rich and poor unequally in Latin America 30 Mar 2020 - 05:17 pm
Medical staff display signs after the director of the hospital, surgeon Jerry Bitar, was kidnapped, as Haiti battles COVID-19 outbreak amid a spike in gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 27, 2020. The sign on right says the hospital will reopen
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:
US CDC reports 140,904 coronavirus cases, 2,405 deaths 30 Mar 2020 - 05:17 pm
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Philippines grounds company's aircraft after deadly fire 30 Mar 2020 - 05:14 pm
Debris of the crashed plane are seen at Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 29, 2020. Manila International Airport Authority Media Affairs Division/Handout via REUTERS
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
Fear on front lines as hospital staff face threats, stigma over coronavirus 30 Mar 2020 - 02:40 pm
FILE PHOTO: Rickshaws block a street from outsiders to protect a neighborhood from the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manila, Philippines, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo
China sends medical aid to Pakistan to combat virus outbreak 30 Mar 2020 - 01:49 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released by the Pakistan's Press Information Department (PID) on March 28, 2020, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi (R) greets Chinese doctors upon their arrival at the Islamabad International airport in
Trump says US won't pay Harry and Meghan security 30 Mar 2020 - 01:31 pm
U.S. President Donald trump speaks during a meeting with supply chain distributors in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 29, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago
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
Zimbabwe begins coronavirus lockdown 30 Mar 2020 - 12:55 pm
Men wear protective masks as they walk down a deserted street on the first day of the 21-day nationwide lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Harare, Zimbabwe, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
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
Islamic State militants riot in eastern Syria prison, some escape 30 Mar 2020 - 11:44 am
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Philippines reports seven coronavirus deaths, 128 more infections 30 Mar 2020 - 11:27 am
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask on his neck walks past closed shops in an empty street following the lockdown in the Philippine capital to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Manila, Philippines, March 24, 2020. REUTER
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