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In global fight against virus, over 1.5 billion told: Stay home

Tuesday, 24 March 2020, 06:26 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

With masks, ventilators and political goodwill in desperately short supply, more than one-fifth of the world’s population was ordered or urged to stay in their homes Monday at the start of what...

Italy records smaller increase in virus cases for second day

Monday, 23 March 2020, 19:19 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Italy has recorded a smaller day-to-day increase in new coronavirus cases for the second straight day, officials said while cautioning it was too soon to know if the worst is behind the country with...

Italy's restrictions grow more specific in bid to slow virus

Monday, 23 March 2020, 06:11 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

In its most far-reaching measures to stop the spread of coronavirus, Italy is slowing industrial production nationwide, while the hardest-hit region of Lombardy banned any outdoor exercise not on...

Plácido Domingo has Coronavirus amid Spain outbreak

Monday, 23 March 2020, 06:04 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Plácido Domingo announced Sunday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 79-year-old opera singer's illness comes after his own glittering career had recently been stained by...

Deaths, cases in Italy jump again; Merkel goes into quarantine

Sunday, 22 March 2020, 19:04 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The number of deaths of people with the coronavirus in Italy jumped 651 to 5,476 in the last 24 hours, while new infections rose by 10% to over 59,000.  The head of Italy’s Civil Protection...

UK urges no visits to mum on Mother's Day

Sunday, 22 March 2020, 12:09 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Sunday is Mother’s Day in Britain, and the government has a stark message for millions of citizens: A visit to your mother could be life-threatening. In a message to the nation, Prime...

Former Real Madrid president dies from Coronavirus

Sunday, 22 March 2020, 06:41 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz died Saturday from the new Coronavirus, his family said. He was 76. Sanz had been in intensive care since the beginning of the week while being treated...

Virus advances around the world as medical supplies dwindle

Sunday, 22 March 2020, 06:38 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The virus pandemic advanced Sunday after the U.S. and Europe reported soaring new cases, prompting a scramble in some regions to set up additional hospital beds and replenish much-needed medical...

Paolo Maldini and son Daniele test positive for Coronavirus

Saturday, 21 March 2020, 21:52 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

AC Milan great Paolo Maldini has tested positive for COVID-19. Milan says that the 51-year-old Maldini, who is the Italian club’s technical director, “became aware of contact with a...

Deeper crisis: Coronavirus cases continue to rise in Italy

Saturday, 21 March 2020, 19:08 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Italy’s grim tally of coronavirus cases and deaths has continued to soar, with officials announcing new day-to-day highs: 793 dead and 6,557 cases. The country, the heart of western...

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