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#BREAKING World Health Organization says 'impossible' to say when COVID-19 pandemic will peak

#BREAKING Trudeau urges Canadians to avoid non-essential travel due to #Coronavirus

#BREAKING Italy hits one-day record with 250 new #Coronavirus deaths: official

#BREAKING Eiffel Tower closed in Paris because of virus: management

#BREAKING Russia to limit flights with EU starting Monday: government

#BREAKING France reports 79 deaths from #Coronavirus 800 new cases

#BREAKING Canada unveils Can$10 bln stimulus to offset COVID-19 economic toll

#BREAKING Denmark closes borders to foreigners: official

#BREAKING Poland shuts its borders to foreign travellers: PM

#BREAKING Trump declares #Coronavirus national emergency

#BREAKING Trump announces US will 'vastly increase' coronavirus testing capacity

#BREAKING Trump says US waiving student loan interest during #Coronavirus crisis

#BREAKING Dow Jones ends up 9.3% after Trump declares virus national emergency

#BREAKING Trump: 'next eight weeks are critical'

#BREAKING US summons Chinese ambassador after official spreads COVID-19 conspiracy theory

#BREAKING Trump says 'may be adding' Britain to European travel ban

#BREAKING Trump says not taken coronavirus test because 'I don't have any of the symptoms'

#BREAKING Trump says 'likely' to have #Coronavirus test 'fairly soon'

#UPDATE "To unleash the full power of the federal government, I'm officially declaring a national emergency," President Trump said, adding that the next eight weeks "are critical" in tackling the spread of the #Coronavirus
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#UPDATE The US state of emergency declaration came as infections and deaths from the new #Coronavirus soared in Europe, and as the WHO chief warned that it was impossible to say when the virus would peak globally
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