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• Italy's coronavirus death toll passes 10,000; doubles in one week March 28, 2020
  Italy’s coronavirus fatalities have crossed 10,000, according to officials -- more than double the number of deaths reported just one week ago.
  Peter Aitken
• UK would do 'well' to keep deaths below 20,000, as deaths top 1,000 March 28, 2020
  Britain will have done “very well” to keep deaths from coronavirus below 20,000, a senior health official said Saturday.
  Peter Aitken
• Urn deliveries in Wuhan raise questions about China's actual coronavirus death toll March 28, 2020
  Massive deliveries of urns in Wuhan have raised fresh skepticism of China’s coronavirus reporting.
• Cat in Belgium first known to test positive for coronavirus: report March 28, 2020
  A cat in Belgium has tested positive for the coronavirus after catching the potentially deadly bug from an infected owner, officials said Friday.
• China promotes bear bile as coronavirus cure March 28, 2020
  China has promoted a wildlife treatment to a disease believed to have originated from a wildlife market.
  Peter Aitken
• Wuhan, the Chinese city where coronavirus began, starts easing restrictions after two months of quarantine March 28, 2020
  The Chinese city where the coronavirus was first detected at the end of last year has begun to slowly re-open after more than two months under strict quarantine restrictions.
  Lucia Suarez Sang
• Photos: Italy's coronavirus medical heroes March 28, 2020
  The doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy
• Germany takes coronavirus patients from Italy, cases more severe across Europe March 28, 2020
  At a time when the EU has closed borders between states, Germany is standing in solidarity with its neighbors.
  Peter Aitken
• World Health Organization under the microscope: what went wrong with coronavirus? March 28, 2020
  As coronavirus started seeping from its origins in a Wuhan wet market in China late last year – fast spawning the rest of the globe – the information coming from the World Health Organization (WHO) was one of dismissal, in line with the Chinese Communist Party's muzzling of the disease's potency.
  Hollie McKay
• Mexican doctors fear coronavirus pandemic leading to grim scenario March 28, 2020
  The global coronavirus pandemic that has turned most of the world upside down has left Latin America largely unscathed, but that all changed Thursday when Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador announced all non-essential activities would be suspended, bringing the bustling city to a grinding halt.
  Benjamin Brown
• 101-year-old Italian man born during Spanish flu pandemic survives coronavirus, official says March 28, 2020
  A 101-year-old Italian man born during the Spanish Flu pandemic has reportedly survived a coronavirus infection as the outbreak continues to ravage his country and spread globally.
  Louis Casiano
• Coronavirus in Latin America: Cases by country March 28, 2020
  Cases of the coronavirus continue to increase daily, prompting governments to institute measures to combat the pandemic as patients crowd hospitals and much-needed equipment are in short supply in some regions. 
  Louis Casiano
• Pope Francis, in desolate St. Peter's Square, prays for end to coronavirus March 27, 2020
  Pope Francis prayed for an end to the coronavirus pandemic on Friday in front of an empty St. Peter's Square, as Italy continues to remain one of the most impacted regions in the world.
  Louis Casiano
• Saudi nurse breaks down as he's forced to refuse son's hug after work March 27, 2020
  A heartbreaking scene has captured the world's attention.
  Peter Aitken
• WHO chief's questionable past comes into focus following coronavirus response March 27, 2020
  The head of the World Health Organization, in charge of making life or death decisions on a grand scale, has been accused of covering up cholera epidemics, supporting a terrorist organization and inflating his resume to claim he conquered malaria and HIV.
  Barnini Chakraborty
• Iranians voice fears as country's death toll exceeds 2,000 March 27, 2020
  Iran is among the top four infected countries, where the death toll is now the fourth highest in the world after Italy, Spain, and China. Doctors and nurses in Iran are doing their best to handle the crisis, but say they are experiencing a medical shortage, running low on hospital beds, gloves, masks, and testing […]
  Elina Shirazi
• South Africans ignore stay-at-home order imposed to tackle coronavirus March 27, 2020
  Thousands of South Africans have been ignoring the stay-at-home lockdown instructions imposed overnight by the government designed to stop the spread of coronavirus.
  Paul Tilsley
• China launches investigation into company behind faulty coronavirus test kits sold to Spain March 27, 2020
  A Chinese government regulatory group announced Friday that it is investigating Shenzhen Bioeasy Biotechnology, the company accused of selling faulty coronavirus kits at marked-up prices to countries like Spain and the Czech Republic in desperate need of them.
  Barnini Chakraborty
• Hundreds dead in Iran after consuming methanol thinking it was coronavirus protection March 27, 2020
  More than 300 people have died and a further 1,000 have fallen ill in Iran after consuming methanol in the belief that it will protect them against the coronavirus, according to local media.
  Peter Aitken
• The week in pictures, March 21 - March 27 March 27, 2020
  Here's a selection of some of the most poignant images in the past seven days, as the coronavirus pandemic continued to ravage the world.