Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In Europe -- News Updates March 13, 2020

Daily Mail: Europe is now the EPICENTRE of coronavirus: WHO issues stark warning the continent has more daily cases than China did at the HEIGHT of its outbreak as countries rush to build emergency wards

* WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Europe was reporting more cases than China at its height
* Medics have been working from makeshift tents in Italy and Poland with patients placed on temporary beds
* In Russia, diggers were working into the night on a new infectious diseases clinic intended to serve Moscow
* France, Luxembourg, Portugal, Malta and Belgium are among the latest countries to shut down their schools
* France's Emmanuel Macron proposed tougher EU border control while Denmark warned against foreign trips
* Spain has declared emergency with case toll rising to 4,200 and four towns in lockdown near Barcelona

Europe is now the 'epicentre' of coronavirus with more daily cases on the continent than China was suffering at the height of its outbreak, the World Health Organisation said today.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the stark assessment today as he lamented the 'tragic milestone' of 5,000 global deaths from Covid-19.

He added that Europe now has 'more reported virus cases and deaths than the rest of the world combined, apart from China'.

The claim that Europe is now outpacing China at its peak is particularly striking because the continent's population, at around 740million, is well below China's population of nearly 1.4billion.

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Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In Europe -- News Updates March 13, 2020

Coronavirus: Europe now epicentre of the pandemic, says WHO -- BBC
WHO warns Europe is coronavirus 'epicentre' as cases, deaths rise -- Al Jazeera
Coronavirus: Italy hits single-day record with 250 deaths -- DPA
Italy's coronavirus death toll surges as Lombardy seeks tougher curbs -- France 24
Italian doctor says overwhelmed hospitals are at 'complete saturation' and receiving new coronavirus patients every five minutes as death toll climbs 250

in a day to 1,266 -- Daily Mail
Italy on pace to run out of beds for critically ill coronavirus patients -- UPI
Dramatic satellite footage shows 'notable drop' in air pollution over Italy after coronavirus lockdown restricts transport and industrial activity -- Daily Mail
Spain declares state of emergency, with military brought in to contain coronavirus as Ibiza, Majorca and Costa Blanca region close all pubs and clubs -- Daily Mail
Coronavirus: Spain to declare state of emergency as Covid-19 cases soar to 4,209 -- AFP
Switzerland, Luxembourg and Germany become the latest European countries to close their schools -- Daily Mail
Coronavirus begins shutting down public life across Germany -- DW
Coronavirus is France’s 'greatest health crisis in a century', says Macron -- France 24
Czechs close borders from March 16 over coronavirus spread -- Al Jazeera
Russia rushes to copy China and build a new hospital to deal with coronavirus, despite seeing just 34 cases so far -- Daily Mail
Coronavirus: Europe ramps up support for ailing firms -- BBC
Escape from Europe: Americans scramble to board the last flights out of coronavirus epicenter and return to empty airports before Trump's travel ban kicks in at midnight - with some paying more than $6,000 for a one-way ticket -- Daily Mail
How many will die of coronavirus in the UK? A closer look at the numbers -- The Guardian
Coronavirus: Queen postpones trips to Cheshire and Camden -- BBC

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