Total number of deaths in America more than double the tally on Saturday; over 40% of fatalities in New York State

German leader's office says she is doing well, while self-isolating after learning that a doctor who vaccinated her had been infected with COVID-19

Navy troops, who had been preparing for acquisition of Sa'ar 6 corvettes, retrieved with C-130 transport plane

Days after German chancellor got precautionary pneumonia vaccine, she is informed doctor who administered it has COVID-19

Gertrud Steinl, who died last week on eve of her 98th birthday, was declared Righteous Among the Nations for saving woman in Polish town of Stryj

From China to the Czech Republic to Venezuela, governments have told their citizens to stay indoors to try and slow the spread of the pandemic

Interior Ministry bans United German Peoples and Tribes, linked to far-right Reichsbuerger movement which rejects authority of state; firearms, propaganda material seized

As bloc closes borders, European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen says measures that seemed drastic 2 weeks ago must now be taken

Merkel announces unprecedented measures to keep Germans home in virus fight, including closing non-essential shops and calling on citizens to nix vacations

European country now has more virus cases than anywhere but China; travel links with outside world thrown into chaos after shutdown