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UK lockdown will last significant period, govt says

UK lockdown will last 'significant' period, govt says

The British Prime Minister, who has been working from home with mild symptoms, warned that things are set to get worse

29 March 2020 11:12 AM GMT

A priest and relatives pray as a victim of the COVID-19 is buried by undertakers at the Almudena cemetery in Madrid, Spain. AFPO

Death toll surges in Spain, US as a third of world goes under

The number of confirmed cases in Spain has now reached 78,797 -- after an increase of 9.1 percent in one day

29 March 2020 10:40 AM GMT

Members of Britains armed forces stand by London Ambulances in a car park at the ExCeL London exhibition centre in London. AFP Photo

Survivor of Spanish flu, 108-year old becomes UK's oldest Covid19...

The patient passed away on Saturday at her care home in Salford city - less than 24 hours after testing positive for...

29 March 2020 10:14 AM GMT

Medical workers put on their protective gears before working on March 27, 2020, at the unit for coronavirus COVID-19 infected patients at the Erasme Hospital in Brussels. AFP Photo

Covid19 cases surge past 600,000 worldwide

There are 605,010 cases of infection with 27,982 deaths in 183 countries and territories

28 March 2020 11:58 AM GMT

Members of the Military Emergencies Unit (UME) use a lift as they carry out a general disinfection at the Sant Antoni extended care facility in Barcelona. AFP Photo

Spain records 832 fatalities in 24 hours, toll climbs to 5,690

Spain has the world's second-highest coronavirus death toll after Italy

28 March 2020 11:20 AM GMT

86 UN staffers across the world test positive for Covid19

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said most of the infected staff members are in Europe, but there are also staffers in...

28 March 2020 7:28 AM GMT

Frontline healthworkers dealing with covid19 patients hug each other after they were cheered for by the onlookers in Valencia. AFP photo

Spain, Italy record highest coronavirus deaths

300,000 cases in Europe with over 26,000 deaths worldwide, and the United States overtakes China as the country with the...

27 March 2020 8:21 PM GMT

Pope Francis prepares to give the Urbi et orbi Blessing after presiding over a moment of prayer on the sagrato of St Peters Basilica, the platform at the top of the steps immediately in front of the fa§ade of the Church. AFP photo

Coronavirus tempest has put everybody on the same boat: Pope Francis

It has taken over our lives, filling everything with a deafening silence and a distressing void, that stops everything...

27 March 2020 8:04 PM GMT

A health worker transfers a patient in a wheelchair at the Severo Ochoa hospital in Leganes, Spain. AFP Photo

Covid19: Death toll rises to 24,000, more than half a million infected...

More than 539,360 declared cases have been registered in 183 countries and territories since the epidemic first emerged...

27 March 2020 1:21 PM GMT

File photo of Boris Johnson

British prime minister Boris Johnson tests positive for Covid19

He also added that he would continue to lead UK government's response to the pandemic via video conference

27 March 2020 11:44 AM GMT

Healthcare workers dealing with the new coronavirus crisis in Spain, hug each other as they are cheered on by people outside La Fe hospital in Valencia. AFP Photo

Covid19 death toll nears 5,000 in Spain

The number of cases jumped to 64,059, although the rate of new infections appeared to be slowing

27 March 2020 11:37 AM GMT

A victim of the COVID-19 coronavirus is evacuated by stretcher from the Mulhouse Civil Hospital in eastern France on March 23, 2020. The Grand Est region has become the epicentre of the outbreak in France. (AP)

16-year-old among coronavirus victims as France records highest daily...

The girl had no underlying health problems, her mother said

27 March 2020 4:06 AM GMT