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Italy's Conte warns of 'riskiest weeks', urges EU unity 16 Mar 2020 - 12:01 pm
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte speaks during a news conference due to coronavirus spread, in Rome, Italy March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Italy hit by 368 new coronavirus deaths, hospitals in crisis 16 Mar 2020 - 10:18 am
 People walk at Rabin square as the municipality building is lit in the colours of the Italian flag in solidarity with the coronavirus situation, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 15, 2020 REUTERS/ Corinna Kern
UK pushes for more ventilators, hospital beds as coronavirus cases mount 16 Mar 2020 - 09:53 am
Medical staff in protective gear walk at the infectious ward of the Multidisciplinary City Hospital of Jozef Strus in Poznan, Poland March 12, 2020. Lukasz Cynalewski/Agencja Gazeta/via REUTERS
Serbia calls state of emergency to counter coronavirus 15 Mar 2020 - 08:33 pm
Serbian border police officer wearing a protective mask waits for traveller on March 15, 2020, at the Batrovci border crossing between Serbia and Croatia. AFP / Andrej Isakovic
Pope in dramatic visit to empty Rome to pray for end of virus 15 Mar 2020 - 08:33 pm
Pope Francis walks in a deserted Rome to pray at two shrines for the end of the coronavirus pandemic, in Rome, Italy March 15, 2020. Vatican Media / Reuters
Germany tries to stop US from luring away firm seeking coronavirus vaccine 15 Mar 2020 - 03:34 pm
Employee Philipp Hoffmann, of German biopharmaceutical company CureVac, demonstrates research workflow on a vaccine for the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease at a laboratory in Tuebingen, Germany, March 12, 2020. Reuters/Andreas Gebert
France's cafes opened through the war, but not the coronavirus 15 Mar 2020 - 02:48 pm
A man walks past the closed Cafe de Flore in Paris' Saint-Germain-des-Pres district on March 15, 2020, as cafes and restaurants are closed amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus.  AFP / Philippe Lopez
Spain will impose partial coronavirus lockdown - PM 15 Mar 2020 - 10:09 am
 General view of the famous landmark Puerta del Sol with few people due to the coronavirus outbreak in central Madrid, Spain, March 14, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
Lockdowns, self-isolation and entry bans imposed to fight global coronavirus spread 15 Mar 2020 - 10:08 am
Police officers cross a virtually deserted square, amidst concerns over Spain's coronavirus outbreak, in the Basque city of Vitoria, Spain, March 14, 2020. REUTERS/Vincent West
New-born British baby tests positive for coronavirus 14 Mar 2020 - 06:21 pm
Shoppers walk on a quiet Oxford Street, central London on March 14, 2020. AFP / Glyn KIRK
Apple closing all stores outside China until March 27 due to virus 14 Mar 2020 - 12:51 pm
FILE PHOTO: An Apple company logo is seen behind tree branches outside an Apple store in Beijing, China December 14, 2018. Reuters/Jason Lee/File Photo
Swiss ramp up coronavirus response with $10.5 billion aid package, close schools 13 Mar 2020 - 11:57 pm
(From L) Swiss Economy Minister Guy Parmelin, Swiss Justice Minister Karin Keller-Sutter, Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga and Swiss Interior Minister Alain Berset attend a press conference on the new preventive measures against the spread of the COVID
Greece hands reins to first woman president 13 Mar 2020 - 01:29 pm
 Newly elected Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou thanks the lawmakers during the swearing-in ceremony at the parliament in Athens, greece March 13, 2020. Thanassis Stavrakis/Pool via REUTERS
Bulgaria declares state of emergency over coronavirus 13 Mar 2020 - 01:01 pm
 Members of Sofia's Municipality disinfects the biggest market for Chinese goods in Sofia to prevent the spread of the COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, on March 12, 2020. / AFP / NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV
Italy's COVID-19 deaths top 1,000, cases near 13,000 13 Mar 2020 - 11:22 am
ROME, ITALY, MARCH 12: A general view of Trevi Fountain unusually desert, in downtown Rome, Italy, on March 12, 2020.  ( Riccardo De Luca - Anadolu Agency )
Italy businesses blame Austria for border traffic jams 12 Mar 2020 - 05:21 pm
Policemen control a car at the border crossing Brenner in Austria, on March 11, 2020. AFP /  Johann GRODER
Italian businesses count heavy cost of coronavirus lockdown 12 Mar 2020 - 04:35 pm
A worker sanitises the Doges Palace on St. Mark's square as a measure to fight against the coronavirus contagion in Venice, Italy, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
Spain's PM to hold meetings via video conference after minister diagnosed with coronavirus 12 Mar 2020 - 01:34 pm
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