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Spain coronavirus death toll overtakes China after sharp rise in cases
Spain registered 738 fatalities from the coronavirus over the past 24 hours in the steepest increase of the death toll since the ...Britain’s Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus
Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has tested positive for coronavirus, his household said. The Prince of Wales, 71, is ...Battered Italy sees rays of hope in grim death data
Italy’s top coronavirus response official Tuesday attributed two successive declines in the daily death rate to a painful national lockdown that appeared ...Spanish death toll rises by 514 in past 24 hours
Spain recorded 514 deaths from the coronavirus on Tuesday, the highest daily increase so far, as the country struggles to contain the ...Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic
Japan’s prime minister and the head of the International Olympic Committee agreed to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Games by a year Tuesday ...India locks down 1.3 billion people
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday the government would impose a nationwide lockdown from midnight for 21 days to stem ...Egypt imposes night-time curfew in bid to contain virus
Egypt is to impose a night-time curfew for two weeks from Wednesday to contain the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Mostafa ...Spanish army finds bodies in nursing homes among residents
Spanish army troops disinfecting nursing homes have found some residents living in squalor among the infectious bodies of people who authorities suspect ...China virus epicentre to open up as world locks down
China announced Tuesday an end to travel curbs at the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, as governments around the world tightened lockdowns ...Global emergency efforts ramp up as pandemic deaths soar
A global push to slow the spread of the coronavirus ramped up Monday with more governments imposing emergency lockdowns that have put ...














