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There have been more coronavirus infections outside of China than inside the nation since the outbreak begun there, figures show.
There have been 169.387 worldwide, according to a tracker from John Hopkins University, with some 88,367 of these outside of mainland China.
This total does not account for the 77,257 people who have recovered from Covid-19.
The number of deaths outside of China has also topped those in the nation.
Italy: Coronavirus – In pictures
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A deserted San Marco square
AFP via Getty Images
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The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II shopping mall in Milan was also deserted
AFP via Getty Images
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Soldiers patrol past an empty restaurant in the Trastevere district of Rome
AFP via Getty Images
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A general view of PIazza Duom
Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images
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Grand Canal is virtually deserted after a decree orders for the whole of Italy to be on lockdown in an unprecedented clampdown aimed at beating the coronavirus, in Venice, Ital
Reuters
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A general view shows a deserted terminal at Milan-Malpensa airport in Ferno, northwest of Milan, in one of Italy’s quarantine red zones
AFP via Getty Images
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Inmates stage a protest against new rules to cope with coronavirus emergency, including the suspension of relatives’ visits, on the roof of the San Vittore prison in Milan, Italy,
AP
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The passenger information board in Terminal 5 departures at Heathrow Airport as British Airways has announced that it has cancelled all flights to and from Italy which were scheduled
PA
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A view of a market amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Vintimiglia, Italy,
Reuters
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Police officers and soldiers check passengers leaving from Milan main train station
AP
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Faithful watch Pope Francis deliver the Angelus prayer on a giant screen, in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday
AP
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A couple kiss in Milano Centrale railway station in Milan on March 8, 2020
AFP via Getty Images
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A man wearing a protective mask passes by the Coliseum in Rome
AFP via Getty Images
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A satellite image shows the Milan Duomo before the coronavirus in Milan, Italy
via Reuters
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A satellite image shows the Milan Duomo during the coronavirus in Milan, Italy
via Reuters
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A general view of PIazza Duomo
Getty Images
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Two girls pose in Piazza Duomo holding signs dedicated to March 8th women’s day
Getty Images
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The Navigli district of Milan, one of the area of night life in Milan, is almost deserted after most bars were closed by the last decisions of the government trying to face the coronavirus emergency
AP
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Cars cross the Italian – Swiss border at the Ponte Chiasso customs post between Como and Chiasso, north of Milan
AFP via Getty Images
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The Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Juventus at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy. The match was played to a closed stadium as a measure against coronavirus contagion
AP
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Two foreign tourists talks to each other in a completely empty San Marco Square
Getty Images
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A man looks at an emptY shelf at a supermarket in Milan, Italy
AP
23/29
A tourist pose for a picture in front of the empty Spanish Steps downtown Rome
AFP via Getty Images
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Life inside a red zone: Carabinieri military police check documents of a man wearing a protective mask in a car at the checkpoint in San Fiorano
via Reuters
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Life inside a red zone: A stop sign is seen on a blocked road in San Fiorano, on the 17th day of quarantine in one of the 11 small towns in northern Italy that has been on lockdown since February
via Reuters
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A deserted cafeteria restaurant is pictured at a gas station and service area of the E70 – A21 highway in Stradella, south of Pavia, south-western Lombardy, in one of Italy’s quarantine red zones
AFP via Getty Images
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An empty parking lot is pictured at a gas station and service area of the E70 – A21 highway in Stradella, south of Pavia, south-western Lombardy, in one of Italy’s quarantine red zones
AFP via Getty Images
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A general view of Via Corsico
Getty Images
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An empty road leading to Linate Airport in Milan
AFP via Getty Images
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A deserted San Marco square
AFP via Getty Images
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The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II shopping mall in Milan was also deserted
AFP via Getty Images
3/29
Soldiers patrol past an empty restaurant in the Trastevere district of Rome
AFP via Getty Images
4/29
A general view of PIazza Duom
Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images
5/29
Grand Canal is virtually deserted after a decree orders for the whole of Italy to be on lockdown in an unprecedented clampdown aimed at beating the coronavirus, in Venice, Ital
Reuters
6/29
A general view shows a deserted terminal at Milan-Malpensa airport in Ferno, northwest of Milan, in one of Italy’s quarantine red zones
AFP via Getty Images
7/29
Inmates stage a protest against new rules to cope with coronavirus emergency, including the suspension of relatives’ visits, on the roof of the San Vittore prison in Milan, Italy,
AP
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The passenger information board in Terminal 5 departures at Heathrow Airport as British Airways has announced that it has cancelled all flights to and from Italy which were scheduled
PA
9/29
A view of a market amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Vintimiglia, Italy,
Reuters
10/29
Police officers and soldiers check passengers leaving from Milan main train station
AP
11/29
Faithful watch Pope Francis deliver the Angelus prayer on a giant screen, in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday
AP
12/29
A couple kiss in Milano Centrale railway station in Milan on March 8, 2020
AFP via Getty Images
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A man wearing a protective mask passes by the Coliseum in Rome
AFP via Getty Images
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A satellite image shows the Milan Duomo before the coronavirus in Milan, Italy
via Reuters
15/29
A satellite image shows the Milan Duomo during the coronavirus in Milan, Italy
via Reuters
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A general view of PIazza Duomo
Getty Images
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Two girls pose in Piazza Duomo holding signs dedicated to March 8th women’s day
Getty Images
18/29
The Navigli district of Milan, one of the area of night life in Milan, is almost deserted after most bars were closed by the last decisions of the government trying to face the coronavirus emergency
AP
19/29
Cars cross the Italian – Swiss border at the Ponte Chiasso customs post between Como and Chiasso, north of Milan
AFP via Getty Images
20/29
The Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Juventus at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy. The match was played to a closed stadium as a measure against coronavirus contagion
AP
21/29
Two foreign tourists talks to each other in a completely empty San Marco Square
Getty Images
22/29
A man looks at an emptY shelf at a supermarket in Milan, Italy
AP
23/29
A tourist pose for a picture in front of the empty Spanish Steps downtown Rome
AFP via Getty Images
24/29
Life inside a red zone: Carabinieri military police check documents of a man wearing a protective mask in a car at the checkpoint in San Fiorano
via Reuters
25/29
Life inside a red zone: A stop sign is seen on a blocked road in San Fiorano, on the 17th day of quarantine in one of the 11 small towns in northern Italy that has been on lockdown since February
via Reuters
26/29
A deserted cafeteria restaurant is pictured at a gas station and service area of the E70 – A21 highway in Stradella, south of Pavia, south-western Lombardy, in one of Italy’s quarantine red zones
AFP via Getty Images
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An empty parking lot is pictured at a gas station and service area of the E70 – A21 highway in Stradella, south of Pavia, south-western Lombardy, in one of Italy’s quarantine red zones
AFP via Getty Images
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A general view of Via Corsico
Getty Images
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An empty road leading to Linate Airport in Milan
AFP via Getty Images
Data shows 6,513 total deaths, with 3,099 in China and the other 3,414 outside.
The Chinese city of Wuhan was the original epicentre of the virus.
Figures in China have been rising at a slower rate, with 16 more confirmed on Sunday, down from 20 announced the day before.
Londoners wear Coronavirus masks – In pictures
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A man wearing a protective mask travels on the underground tube
Reuters
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A woman wearing a protective face mask
Jeremy Selwyn
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A man and woman wearing protective face masks on a bus
PA
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A man who appears to be homeless sleeping wearing a mask in Victoria
Jeremy Selwyn
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A woman shopper wears a protective mask as she walks down an aisle in a supermarket in London
AFP via Getty Images
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A man wearing a face mask waits to board an underground train on the Central Line at Bank station in London
AP
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A woman with a plastic box over her head on the London Underground.
PA
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A woman wearing a protective face mask walking down Oxford Street in London
PA
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A woman wearing a mask walks by the Emirates Stadium
Action Images via Reuters
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A man is seen wearing a protective face mask at Waterloo station
Reuters
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A woman wears a surgical mask as she walks through Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport
Reuters
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A fan in the stands wears a mask during the Premier League match at Stamford Bridg
PA
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A man wearing a protective face mask walking down Oxford Street
PA
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Commuters with masks on during the Coronavirus outbreak
Jeremy Selwyn
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A person wears a mask in a display of street style outside the BFC Show Space show in London
PA
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Commuters with masks on during the Coronavirus outbreak
Jeremy Selwyn
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Commuters with masks on during the Coronavirus outbreak
Jeremy Selwyn
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Commuters with masks on during the Coronavirus outbreak
Jeremy Selwyn
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A man who appears to be homeless sleeping wearing a mask in Victoria
Jeremy Selwyn
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Commuters with masks on during the Coronavirus outbreak
Jeremy Selwyn
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A commuter on the tube wearing a face mask
Jeremy Selwyn
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A woman wears a mask while crossing London Bridge
Getty Images
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People wear masks at Holborn underground Station
Jeremy Selwyn
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A man wearing a face mask walks past an entrance sign for Bank underground train station
AP
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The coronavirus outbreak will unlikely lead to a Tube ban
PA
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People wear masks at Holborn underground Station
Jeremy Selwyn
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People wear masks at Holborn underground Station
Jeremy Selwyn
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A woman wearing a face mask on the London Underground.
PA
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People wear masks at Holborn underground Station
Jeremy Selwyn
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A pedestrian wears a face mask whilst walking along High Holborn
PA
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A pedestrian wears a face mask whilst walking along High Holborn
PA
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A man wears a mask as he takes a photograph in China Town
AP
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A man in a hazmat suit and face mask cleans the Ritchie Street Health Centre, Islington
PA
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A commuter at Euston wearing a mask
Jeremy Selwyn
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A commuter at Euston wearing a mask
Jeremy Selwyn
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A man arrives at Euston Underground wearing a mask
Jeremy Selwyn
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A commuter arrives at St Pancras wearing a mask
Jeremy Selwyn
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St Pancras
Jeremy Selwyn
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A commuter arrives at St Pancras wearing a mask
Jeremy Selwyn
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Jeremy Selwyn
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Staff in suits at St Thomas’s Hospital today
Jeremy Selwyn
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A commuter arrives at St Pancras wearing a mask
Jeremy Selwyn
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A commuter arrives at St Pancras wearing a mask
Jeremy Selwyn
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A man wears a face mask as he stands near an electronic arrivals board at Terminal 4 of London Heathrow Airport
AFP via Getty Images
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A man wears a face mask as he walks along the Thames embankment
AFP via Getty Images
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A woman wearing a protective face mask is seen on London Bridg
Reuters
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A man wearing a protective mask travels on the underground tube
Reuters
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A woman wearing a protective face mask
Jeremy Selwyn
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A man and woman wearing protective face masks on a bus
PA
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A man who appears to be homeless sleeping wearing a mask in Victoria
Jeremy Selwyn
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A woman shopper wears a protective mask as she walks down an aisle in a supermarket in London
AFP via Getty Images
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A man wearing a face mask waits to board an underground train on the Central Line at Bank station in London
AP
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A woman with a plastic box over her head on the London Underground.
PA
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A woman wearing a protective face mask walking down Oxford Street in London
PA
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A woman wearing a mask walks by the Emirates Stadium
Action Images via Reuters
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A man is seen wearing a protective face mask at Waterloo station
Reuters
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A woman wears a surgical mask as she walks through Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport
Reuters
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A fan in the stands wears a mask during the Premier League match at Stamford Bridg
PA
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A man wearing a protective face mask walking down Oxford Street
PA
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Commuters with masks on during the Coronavirus outbreak
Jeremy Selwyn
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A person wears a mask in a display of street style outside the BFC Show Space show in London
PA
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Commuters with masks on during the Coronavirus outbreak
Jeremy Selwyn
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Commuters with masks on during the Coronavirus outbreak
Jeremy Selwyn
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Commuters with masks on during the Coronavirus outbreak
Jeremy Selwyn
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A man who appears to be homeless sleeping wearing a mask in Victoria
Jeremy Selwyn
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Commuters with masks on during the Coronavirus outbreak
Jeremy Selwyn
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A commuter on the tube wearing a face mask
Jeremy Selwyn
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A woman wears a mask while crossing London Bridge
Getty Images
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People wear masks at Holborn underground Station
Jeremy Selwyn
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A man wearing a face mask walks past an entrance sign for Bank underground train station
AP
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The coronavirus outbreak will unlikely lead to a Tube ban
PA
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People wear masks at Holborn underground Station
Jeremy Selwyn
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People wear masks at Holborn underground Station
Jeremy Selwyn
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A woman wearing a face mask on the London Underground.
PA
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People wear masks at Holborn underground Station
Jeremy Selwyn
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A pedestrian wears a face mask whilst walking along High Holborn
PA
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A pedestrian wears a face mask whilst walking along High Holborn
PA
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A man wears a mask as he takes a photograph in China Town
AP
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A man in a hazmat suit and face mask cleans the Ritchie Street Health Centre, Islington
PA
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A commuter at Euston wearing a mask
Jeremy Selwyn
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A commuter at Euston wearing a mask
Jeremy Selwyn
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A man arrives at Euston Underground wearing a mask
Jeremy Selwyn
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A commuter arrives at St Pancras wearing a mask
Jeremy Selwyn
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St Pancras
Jeremy Selwyn
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A commuter arrives at St Pancras wearing a mask
Jeremy Selwyn
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Jeremy Selwyn
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Staff in suits at St Thomas’s Hospital today
Jeremy Selwyn
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A commuter arrives at St Pancras wearing a mask
Jeremy Selwyn
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A commuter arrives at St Pancras wearing a mask
Jeremy Selwyn
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A man wears a face mask as he stands near an electronic arrivals board at Terminal 4 of London Heathrow Airport
AFP via Getty Images
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A man wears a face mask as he walks along the Thames embankment
AFP via Getty Images
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A woman wearing a protective face mask is seen on London Bridg
Reuters
Italy is the second worst hit country, having seen 24,747 cases, and 1,809 deaths.
On Sunday, Italy recorded its biggest day-to-day increase in infections and 368 more death. The nation accounts for more than a quarter of the worldwide death toll.
“It’s not a wave. It’s a tsunami,” said Dr. Roberto Rona, who heads up intensive care at Italy’s Monza hospital.
The rise of the virus in Europe prompted the World Health Organisation to brand it the new “epicentre” of the virus.
Italy has gone into lockdown in a bid to stem the epidemic, while Spain has also put stringent shutdown measures in place as it moves to stop further infections.
