Global bodies warn of catastrophic economic fallout from pandemic, with Italy's leader suggesting future of EU is at stake

As US, Italy cases are set to surpass China's, Britain orders 10,000 ventilators, Italy says it needs more doctors and France takes patients by train from Alsace to hospitals

Closed borders in EU lead to 40 mile traffic jams; America reports virus in all 50 states; US, Britain and the Netherlands announce giant economic rescue packages

President Macron tells French people country is 'at war' with coronavirus; threatens to punish those who don't obey orders to stay at home, only go out for 'bare essentials'

Beijing continues to ease up lockdown measures in hardest-hit Hubei province, where number of new cases dwindle

Dozens of countries are closing borders, expanding testing, prepping hospitals, shuttering schools and businesses amid mounting deaths and widening pandemic

European Union officials call for coordination as countries begin closing borders, infringing on bloc's cherished policy of free movement

Official says 38 Europeans have died and 2,100 infected, as global death toll tops 3,000

Meeting of remaining signatories to 2015 nuclear deal in Vienna look to keep accord alive, despite US withdrawal, sanctions and Iranian violations

Bloc's health commissioner calls for vigilance, says much remains unknown after meeting officials in Italy, which has seen large number of cases of contagion