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Monica Carfora, right, deputy head of the emergency of the Santo Spirito Hospital, which now has a separate emergency for possible covid patients, holds a chocolate Easter egg as she poses for a photograph with nurse Silvia Sforza, holding out their arms to indicating social distancing, outside the entrance to for covid emergency, in central Rome, Sunday, April, 12, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Coronavirus hits Italy, Spain, France harder than U.S.

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on March 18, 2020, soccer player Toni Dovale poses while working in his family pharmacy in A Coruna, Spain. Dovale, a former Sporting Kansas City and Celta Vigo player who came through Barcelona's famed youth academy, is back at work in his home country while soccer competitions remain on hold because of the COVID-19 virus. Dovale is making calls to try to guarantee there are enough protective masks, gloves and other medical supplies that can help slow the spread of the virus in hard-hit Spain. The COVID-19 coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (Photo via AP)

Former MLS player helping Spain in fight against coronavirus

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

People play instruments as other dance on their balconies in support of the medical staff that are working on the COVID-19 virus outbreak in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, April 5, 2020. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced that he would ask the Parliament to extend the state of emergency by two more weeks, taking the lockdown on mobility until April 26. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Virus pain easing in Spain, Italy; UK braces for bleak days

By ARITZ PARRA and DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

50 migrants cross into Spanish African enclave; 5 injured

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The governor of Region Lombardy, the coronavirus worst-hit region of Italy, Attilio Fontana wears a fece mask as he walks in Milan, Italy, Sunday, April 5, 2020. Starting today, region Lombardy made mandatory to wear a face mask outside homes. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

Italy coronavirus curve fall signals hope for Europe

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Soldiers patrol in front of the Duomo gothic cathedral in Milan, Italy, Sunday, April 5, 2020. The government is demanding Italians stay home and not take the leveling off of new coronavirus infections as a sign the emergency is over, following evidence that more and more Italians are relaxing restrictions the west’s first and most extreme nationwide lockdown and production shutdown. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

Europe sees more signs of hope as Italy’s virus curve falls

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

A man is pushed in the wheelchair while wearing protective masks near Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Friday, March 13, 2020. Real Madrid have said its players were being placed in isolation after one of the club's basketball players, who share facilities with Madrid's soccer players, tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus. That led to the instant decision by the Spanish league to bring matches to a halt for the next two rounds. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Spanish players criticize league’s call for furloughs

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Wednesday April 1, 2020, aid workers from the Spanish NGO Open Arms carry out coronavirus detection tests on the elderly at a nursing home in Barcelona, Spain. The initiative is part of a clinical trial led by doctors Oriol Mitja and Bonaventura Clotet, from the Lluita Foundation against AIDS and the Germans Trias Hospital, focused on cutting down virus transmission. Spain has seen Thursday a new record in virus-related fatalities that came as the country is seeing the growth of contagion waning, health ministry data showed placing Spain neck to neck with Italy, the country that saw the worst outbreak in Europe. The COVID-19 coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.(AP Photo/Santi Palacios)

From Washington, Spanish, Italian ambassadors see tragedy and opportunity in virus crisis

By Madison Hirneisen - The Washington Times

Workers move a coffin with the body of a victim of coronavirus as others coffins are stored waiting for burial or cremation at the Collserola morgue in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, April 2, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spain’s coronavirus death toll hits 10,000

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

CORRECTS NAME OF MAN - Julian Fernandez Mascaraque, 59, attends the burial of his mother Rosalia Mascaraque, 86, during the coronavirus outbreak in Zarza de Tajo, central Spain, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Agonizing decisions being made in Spain’s virus hot spots

By BERNAT ARMANGUE and JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

In this March 23, 2020, file photo, medical employees demonstrate testing, at a coronavirus test center for public service employees, during a media presentation in Munich, Germany. Labs were quick to ramp up their testing capacity and now experts say up to 500,000 tests can be conducted in Germany per week. That quick work, coupled with the country's large number of intensive care unit beds and its early implementation of social distancing measures, could be behind Germany's relatively low death toll. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Mass testing, empty ICUs: Germany scores early against virus

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

Ffirefighters wearing protective suits wait outside a nursing home before disinfecting it in efforts to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, March 30, 2020. Governments in Europe's hardest-hit countries have yet to systematically test the residents of nursing homes or those who receive in-home care. In Spain, Italy and France, which together account for a third of the world's confirmed coronavirus cases, no one knows for sure how many people have become sick and died of coronavirus, especially among the elderly. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Nursing homes have too few body bags, many uncounted dead

By LORI HINNANT and ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Health officials spray disinfectant in a Kampung Baru, traditional Malay village, in Kuala Lumpur city center as a safety precaution against the new coronavirus, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. The Malaysian government issued a restricted movement order to the public for the rest of the month to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Help heads to NYC as experts predict over 100,000 US deaths

By COLLEEN LONG and KAREN MATTHEWS and DAVID RISING - Associated Press

Failed Chinese Virus Test Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

China challenges the world with flawed COVID-19 test kits

By Jorge Gonzalez-Gallarza Hernandez

Spanish Army soldiers mount a tent to be used by hospital patients during the coronavirus outbreak in Madrid, Spain, Monday, March 30, 2020. Bells tolled in Madrid's deserted central square and flags were lowered in a day of mourning Monday as Spain raced to build field hospitals to treat an onslaught of coronavirus patients. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

With more infections than China, Spain tightens lockdown

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

A Lawrence Memorial Hospital nurse works at a drive-thru virus testing facility In Lawrence, Kan., Thursday, March 26, 2020. Tests are by appointment only. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Coronavirus hot spots grow in middle America

By Kat Stafford and Martha Irvine - Associated Press

Evidence debunks myth that Ponce de Leon discovered Florida

By LINDA ROBERTSON and The Miami Herald - Associated Press

Sri Lankan police commandos prepare to spray disinfectants in a hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, March 27, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

The Latest: Michigan executive order restores water service

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

An elderly woman stands in a window in a poor area of Bucharest, Romania, Friday, March 27, 2020 as authorities try to limit the spread of the new coronavirus, one of the measures being forbidding people over 65 years of age to leave their homes, except for a two hour interval. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

‘Off the charts’: Virus hot spots grow in middle America

By KAT STAFFORD and MARTHA IRVINE - Associated Press

A locked gate is seen by the Etihad Stadium where Manchester City was due to play Burnley in an English Premier League soccer match Saturday March 14, 2020, after all English soccer games were cancelled due to the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus. For most people, the new COVID-19 coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, but for some it can cause more severe illness.(AP Photo/Jon Super)

The Latest: The coronavirus sweeps curling world

By The Associated Press - Associated Press