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  1. Coronavirus: Melbourne returns to lockdown as cases surge

    Five million people of Australia’s second largest city told to stay at home for six weeks

  2. Coronavirus: Japan to close all schools to halt spread of disease

    Japan's Prime Minister says government will ask all schools to close from Monday

  3. Coronavirus: Italy to close all schools as deaths rise

    Italy has confirmed that it will shut all schools until mid-March as it battles outbreak

  4. Coronavirus: Italy tightens lockdown despite fall in daily deaths

    Non-essential businesses are given till Wednesday to prepare to close completely

  5. Coronavirus: Italy reports the highest daily number of deaths worldwide

    The number was another big increase with 793 deaths reported on Saturday

  6. Coronavirus: Italy extends quarantine measures nationwide

    Italy now restricting travel and banning public gatherings across the entire country.

  7. Coronavirus: Italy extends quarantine measures nationwide

    Italy is now restricting travel and banning public gatherings across the entire country

  8. Coronavirus: Italian deaths soar

    Italy's Lombardy region records a significant increase in daily deaths from Covid-19

  9. Coronavirus: Is Latin America the new epicentre?

    Brazil is now second only to the US in the number of confirmed cases

  10. Coronavirus: Iran suspends Friday prayers in major cities

    Iranian authorities take measures to try and halt spread of virus

  11. Coronavirus: Immigration to US to be suspended amid pandemic

    President Trump said he'll sign an executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration

  12. Coronavirus: How is Astra Zeneca vaccine safety row affecting public confidence ?

    Concerns voiced over whether Astra Zeneca vaccine causes blood-clots in the brain

  13. Coronavirus: Hong Kong to slash border travel

    Hong Kong has announced new restrictions on travel from the Chinese mainland

  14. Coronavirus: Hackers targeted vaccine supply

    IBM says the international vaccine supply chain has been targeted by cyber-espionage

  15. Coronavirus: Global number of cases reaches 100,000

    The head of the World Health Organisation called the virus's spread "deeply concerning"

  16. Coronavirus: Germany bans gatherings of more than two people

    People who live in the same household are exempt

  17. Coronavirus: Germany and France to decide on new lockdowns

    Both nations are preparing to further tighten Covid restrictions as cases rise

  18. Coronavirus: French firm agrees to manufacture vaccine developed by German rival

    Sanofi pledges to manufacture 125 million doses of Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine

  19. Coronavirus: Formula 1 calls off April's Chinese Grand Prix race

    Motor-racing officials cancel race due to fears over spread of virus

  20. Coronavirus: First death confirmed in Europe

    A Chinese tourist has died in France from the new coronavirus

  21. Coronavirus: Extreme caution urged by experts

    The World Health Organisation warns the new outbreak must be treated extremely carefully.

  22. Coronavirus: Europe passes 100,000 deaths, but the outbreak is slowing

    France, Spain, Italy and the UK remain the hardest hit countries on the continent

  23. Coronavirus: EU leaders discuss recovery fund

    Talks held on bailout package worth over $800 billion

  24. Coronavirus: EU countries begin mass-vaccination

    Several EU member-states have started inoculations using Pfizer/BionNTech vaccine

  25. Coronavirus: English Premier League football season suspended due to outbreak

    EPL joins long list of major sporting fixtures halted by pandemic

  26. Coronavirus: Delivery delays halt Pfizer jabs in parts of Europe

    Cut in deliveries of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine slows down inoculations in several countries

  27. Coronavirus: Death toll rises to 81 as China extends holiday

    Almost 3,000 people are ill with the virus

  28. Coronavirus: Death of Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang sparks public anger

    Widespread grief after death of doctor who tried to warn about the coronavirus outbreak

  29. Coronavirus: Confirmed global cases pass one million

    More than 51,000 people have died and more than 208,000 have recovered

  30. Coronavirus: China takes further steps to address the epidemic

    China takes further steps to address the coronavirus epidemic, as death toll nears 500

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