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Spain virus death toll tops 10,000: govt

MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- The coronavirus death toll in Spain surged past 10,000 on Thursday after a record 950 deaths…

Spanish jobless claims jump by over 300,000 in March

MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spain registered a leap of 302,265 jobless claims in March due to the "extraordinary impact" of…

Under-fire Johnson says, UK will ‘massively increase testing’

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain would "massively increase testing" amid a growing wave of…

At US food banks, a cupboard increasingly bare

by Cyril JULIEN WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Volunteers are staying home and donations have dried up. The coronavirus pandemic…

China county in lockdown as fears grow over second wave of virus

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A Chinese county of around 600,000 residents has gone into lockdown after a woman who visited…

Italy extends lockdown as toll passes 13,000

ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Italy on Wednesday extended its economically-crippling lockdown until April 13 to help stem coronavirus infections that…

US virus cases more than 216,000 as deaths hit 5,137, says John Hopkins University tracker

  (Eagle News) -- The number of coronavirus cases in the United States hits more than 216,000 on Thursday as…

N. Korea insists it is free of coronavirus

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korea remains totally free of the coronavirus, a senior health official in Pyongyang has…

WATCH: Rising Above Fear: An EBC correspondent undergoes testing

SEATTLE, Washington (Eagle News) — With the rise of positive cases of COVID-19 in the United States, EBC Seattle Correspondent,…

WHO troubled by ‘near-exponential’ growth of pandemic

by Robin MILLARD GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization said Wednesday it was deeply concerned about the near-exponential…

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