Bloomberg Coronavirus deaths in Italy and Spain rose above 17,000, keeping Europe focussed on further restricting people’s movements and avoiding a health-care collapse. Italy, the country with the most reported deaths, recorded 756 new fatalities on March 29. Spain’s Health Ministry said 838 people died from the virus over a period of 24 hours, its highest daily number yet. Both ...

Bloomberg Russia moved towards a lockdown across the world’s largest country by area to try and halt the spread of coronavirus, following Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin’s order for residents to stay in their homes. Heads of all Russia’s regions should adopt similar restrictions as those announced in the capital and surrounding areas, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a televised ...

Bloomberg Venezuela National Assembly President Juan Guaido called for a broad coalition to form a “national emergency government” to replace Nicolas Maduro’s regime and get financing to save lives as the coronavirus crisis spreads. Such a government “must be broad and include all the necessary political and social sectors to confront this severe emergency,” Guaido said in a video message ...