#BREAKING More than one billion people have been asked to stay home in more than 50 countries and territories around the world as governments battle the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe, according to an AFP tally 
#BREAKING Spain death toll tops 2,000 after 462 deaths in 24 hours: govt
#UPDATE Global emergency efforts to slow the #coronavirus pandemic ratcheted up on Monday with more nations and cities imposing lockdowns, as the worldwide death toll topped 15,000 and more than one billion people were confined to their homes u.afp.com/3TJs
VIDEO: 🇩🇪 The area around the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin sits almost empty as Germany tightened measures to control the spread of COVID-19, banning gatherings of more than two as Chancellor #Merkel went into self-imposed quarantine and awaited results of her #coronavirus test
#UPDATE UK healthy food chain #Leon said Monday it will convert its outlets into mini-supermarkets and offer online groceries as restaurants are forced to close in Britain to prevent the spread of the #coronavirus u.afp.com/3TUp
#BREAKING COVID-19 pandemic "accelerating," says WHO chief
#BREAKING World can "change the trajectory of the pandemic," says WHO
#BREAKING UN chief calls for "immediate global ceasefire" amid pandemic
#BREAKING WHO warns using "untested" meds against COVID-19 could "raise false hope"
#BREAKING France, China seek emergency G20 summit talks over coronavirus, according to French presidency
#BREAKING EU ministers suspend bloc's budget rules to fight coronavirus impact
#BREAKING IMF warns coronavirus recession could be worse than 2009
#BREAKING Detected coronavirus cases top 350,000 globally, according to AFP tally
#BREAKING South Africa to impose a 21-day lockdown to curb virus, says president
#BREAKING France coronavirus death toll jumps 186 to 860, says minister
#BREAKING European coronavirus death toll passes 10,000, according to AFP tally
#BREAKING Netherlands bans all public gatherings until June 1 over coronavirus, says minister
#BREAKING France to tighten virus lockdown rules on physical exercise, open-air markets, Prime Minister says
#BREAKING UK govt orders three-week lockdown to tackle virus
#BREAKING Senegal declares state of emergency, curfew from midnight
#BREAKING Ivory Coast declares state of emergency, gradual confinement measures
#UPDATE Britain ordered a three-week lockdown in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus as world health officials warned that the pandemic is "accelerating" around the globe u.afp.com/3T5A
