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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
India:800 quarantined after Delhi doctor tests positive 26 Mar 2020 - 02:22 pm
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Romanian health minister quits as coronavirus spreads 26 Mar 2020 - 02:15 pm
Police forces talk to a pedestrian as they watch over the freshly issued curfew in the streets of Bucharest on March 23, 2020 amid the spread of the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus).  AFP / Daniel MIHAILESCU
South Korea warns of deportation, jail for quarantine violators 26 Mar 2020 - 01:26 pm
Members of the Asian Citizen's Center for Environment and Health wearing masks depicting the coronavirus perform during a campaign for preventative measures against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Seoul on March 26, 2020./ AFP / YONHAP /
India's banks consider closing most branches during lockdown: sources 26 Mar 2020 - 01:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man checks his mobile phones in front of State Bank of India (SBI) branch in Kolkata, India, February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/File Photo
Switzerland cases near 10,000, deaths top 100 26 Mar 2020 - 12:58 pm
Swiss soldier Antoine Schuerch of the Hospital Battalion 2 of the Swiss army moves equipment during a media visit of the deployment at Pourtales Hospital during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Neuchatel, Switzerland, March 25, 2020. REUTERS
Two more weeks of lockdown as Spain's coronavirus crisis worsens 26 Mar 2020 - 12:53 pm
A member of the Military Emergencies Unit (UME) carries out a general disinfection at a local market in Badalona near Barcelona on March 25, 2020. AFP / PAU BARRENA
Daily bread? In France, fighting virus 1 baguette at a time 26 Mar 2020 - 12:46 pm
A delivery man rests in Place de la Republique during the Coronavirus lockdown in Paris, France on March 25, 2020. ( Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt - Anadolu Agency )