Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In Europe -- News Updates March 16, 2020

Daily Mail: Italy's coronavirus death toll leaps by 368 to 1,809 in a day as terrifying video shows how a Lombardy newspaper obituary page has expanded from one to ten pages and secret memo reveals over-80s could be 'left to die'

* Italian officials say death toll has hit 1,809 as total infections reaches 24,747
* Overnight jump of 300 fatalities follows chilling video of hard-hit Lombardy
* The obituary of Bergamo newspaper has expanded from one to 10 in pandemic
* Mortuary of the local hospital is full with bodies now being kept in churches
* One councillor added that coronavirus patients are being buried every half hour
* Meanwhile, a report claims over-80s could be 'left to die' in fight against virus

Coronavirus deaths in Italy rose by 368 overnight to bring the total to 1,809, while 24,747 people have tested positive for the deadly bug.

Italian officials confirmed the jump today, as the national lockdown imposed by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte earlier this month rumbles on another week.

The shocking development comes as chilling footage shows the obituary of one local newspaper expanding from a single page to 10.

In the video, a man speaking Italian zooms in on the front page of L'Eco di Bergamo that circulates in the city in the hard-hit Lombardy region.

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Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In Europe -- News Updates March 16, 2020

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Coronavirus: EU states record highest one-day death toll -- BBC
Italy reports 368 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours: Latest updates -- Al Jazeera
Italy's coronavirus toll surges as worries grow over hospitals -- Reuters
Living in Rome under the shadow of coronavirus -- DW
Coronavirus update: COVID-19 causes Australian stock market to fall as Scott Morrison calls for calm -- ABC News Online
Army disinfects train stations as Spain's coronavirus death toll doubles -- Reuters
Spanish police use megaphones to tell people to stay indoors or face £25,000 fines as coronavirus deaths DOUBLE to 288 overnight - and British tourists scramble to leave the country -- Daily Mail
Spain announces lockdown after reporting 1,500 new coronavirus cases in a day -- Spain
Spain imposes Italy-style lockdown in bid to contain coronavirus -- Al Jazeera
France reports biggest daily increase in coronavirus deaths as Parisians ignore warnings -- France 24
France preparing confinement order to fight coronavirus sources -- Reuters
France closes non-essential public places to curb coronavirus -- UPI
Coronavirus cases jump as France closes all cafes and other non-essential locations in call for 'more discipline' -- ABC News Online
France says border remains OPEN amid reports of Germany readying to isolate from neighbors -- RT
In pictures: France grinds to a halt as cafés and all 'non-essential' business ordered to close -- France 24
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Chaos as 30,000 British tourists told to leave French ski resorts -- The Guardian
Coronavirus: Downing Street to give daily update on fight against outbreak -- BBC
UK's ‘insufficient’ coronavirus response is ‘risking lives’ -- France 24
Coronavirus: health experts fear epidemic will ‘let rip’ through UK -- The Guardian
UK coronavirus crisis 'to last until spring 2021 and could see 7.9m hospitalised' -- The Guardian
Coronavirus: Germany to close borders with France, Austria and Switzerland -- SCMP
Coronavirus: Is Germany doing enough to slow the outbreak? -- DW
Slovakia declares state of emergency over coronavirus, orders shop closures -- Reuters
Czech Republic restricts movement of people to fight coronavirus spread -- Reuters
Serbia declares state of emergency over coronavirus -- France 24
Serbia launches state of emergency to counter coronavirus -- Reuters
Netherlands to close schools, restaurants in coronavirus fight -- Reuters
Netherlands will close all schools, bars and restaurants as it becomes the latest country in Europe to go on coronavirus lockdown as the number of infections hits 1,135 -- Daily Mail
Coronavirus: Pubs asked to close by Irish government -- BBC
Austria announces major restrictions on movement over coronavirus -- Reuters
Doors slam shut across borderless Europe as coronavirus spreads -- France 24