As the toll rises, the Jewish community of Italy relies on its own local media and communal institutions as lifelines for social welfare and solidarity

Italy records its single biggest rise in deaths, with 969 more victims; Spain reports 769 deaths and says 15% of all infected are health workers

More than 82,000 people infected and over 1,200 killed across country, as world races to lockdown and stem spread of pathogen; France records 365 deaths in single day

Italy is now leading the world in COVID-19 related deaths, but funerals are forbidden. Our writer describes how Jewish communities mourn -- and live -- under lockdown

Developments being watched by global policymakers as they weigh potential health benefits of imposing national stay-at-home policies against their damaging economic side effects

Defense Ministry says those coming from those countries have highest risk of disease, will be held in quarantine facility until tests come back

Respiratory specialist describes February 19 soccer game between Italy's Atalanta and Spain's Valencia as a 'biological bomb'

Country on track to surpass China as largest epicenter of novel coronavirus in next two days, as lockdown reaches 14-day mark

With 738 deaths over past 24 hours, senior Spanish health official says his country is 'approaching the peak'

'The peak may be reached this week and then fall away,' says WHO deputy director Ranieri Guerra