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Uzbek doctor, 39, dies after coronavirus self-treatment 28 Mar 2020 - 02:46 pm
Units disinfect a vehicle in the Uzbek capital Tashkent at a checkpoint, built to control vehicles within the measures taken against the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on March 24, 2020. Bahtiyar Abdülkerimov - Anadolu
Coronavirus curfew delays Vietnamese rice inspection in Iraq 28 Mar 2020 - 02:42 pm
Iraqis use an anti-riot water-cannon vehicle to spray disinfecting liquid in the streets of the centre of the southern city of Basra on March 25, 2020, in a bid to slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease. / AFP / Hus
Virus infections top 600,000 worldwide, long fight ahead 28 Mar 2020 - 02:15 pm
Jordanian soldiers check a car as they guard a check point in the northern governorate of Irbid, as the city has been isolated and people were banned from entering it, after the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have increased in the area, Ir
Oman confirms 21 new COVID-19 cases 28 Mar 2020 - 01:02 pm
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Italy, Spain suffer record virus deaths as infection rate surges 28 Mar 2020 - 12:16 pm
A man walks his dog in an empty street in Madrid on March 27, 2020 amid a national lockdown to fight the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. AFP / Gabriel Bouys
New York medical workers decry 'abysmal' lack of coronavirus protection 28 Mar 2020 - 10:17 am
Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) lift a patient that was identified to have coronavirus disease (COVID-19) into an ambulance while wearing protective gear, as the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in New York City, New York, U.S., M
Italy tops 9,000 coronavirus deaths, overtakes China in cases 27 Mar 2020 - 08:14 pm
Two persons pray close to the Vatican as Pope Francis delivers an extraordinary
South Korea considers enforcing self-quarantines on all passengers arriving from overseas. 27 Mar 2020 - 03:18 pm
Korean Air's passenger planes are parked on the tarmac as overseas flight routes are reduced following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran/File Photo
China's Xi offers Trump help in fighting coronavirus as U.S. faces wave of new patients 27 Mar 2020 - 02:36 pm
People wearing face masks walk on an ancient city wall in Jingzhou, after the tourist attraction reopened as the lockdown was eased in Hubei province, the epicentre of China's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, March 26, 2020. Picture taken March 26
British PM Johnson tests positive for coronavirus 27 Mar 2020 - 02:23 pm
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister boris Johnson leaves Downing Street, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. London, Britain, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo
Raincoats and rubber boots for Pakistani aid workers in coronavirus fight 27 Mar 2020 - 12:33 pm
Volunteers of the Edhi Foundation, a non-profit social welfare programme, wear raincoats and boots as they pose during a mock drill on handling suspected carriers of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Karachi, Pakistan March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar S
Top Philippine military official tests positive 27 Mar 2020 - 12:00 pm
Philippine policemen wearing facemasks man a checkpoint after the government imposed an enhanced quarantine as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Manila on March 25, 2020. / AFP / Ted ALJIBE
New York, New Orleans hospitals reel as U.S. leads world in coronavirus cases 27 Mar 2020 - 10:59 am
A screen in City Point mall warns against the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Yang
S.Africa coronavirus cases exceed 1,000, first two dead reported 27 Mar 2020 - 10:36 am
Members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) wear facemasks and gloves amid concerns over the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus in the densely populated Diepsloot township in Johannesburg, on March 21, 2020.
Netanyahu and Gantz move closer to unity government in surprise twist 26 Mar 2020 - 07:05 pm
Head of Israel's Blue and White Party Benny Gantz and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as they attend a memorial ceremony for the late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem as Israel marks the 24th
Spain's female football referees on frontline of coronavirus fight 26 Mar 2020 - 05:56 pm
A combo of handout pictures made on March 23, 2020 shows Spanish nurse and semi-professional football referee Iragartze Fernandez officiating a match (L), at a hospital desk (C) and at a hospital in Bilbao during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. AFP / F
'All we have left is to hope and pray': Travellers stranded in airport by coronavirus 26 Mar 2020 - 05:47 pm
People wearing face masks sit on seats with signs telling travellers where they may sit, in order to observe social distancing rules amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on March 25, 2020. / AFP / J
US Senate sends House $2 trillion coronavirus bill; vote expected Friday 26 Mar 2020 - 05:27 pm
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) makes a statement after meetings to wrap up work on coronavirus economic aid legislation, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Washington, U.S., March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert
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