'Now is the time for enhanced cooperation and common solutions,' the European Union said in a statement.
US President Donald Trump faced a broad backlash on Saturday over severing ties with the UN's health agency during a pandemic, as coronavirus cases worldwide topped 6 million and infections surged in Latin America.
Trump initially suspended funding to the WHO last month, accusing it of not doing enough to curb the early spread of the virus and being too lenient with China, where COVID-19 emerged late last year. There has been pressure in many countries -- including protests attended by hundreds in Rome and Milan on Saturday -- to lift crippling lockdowns, despite experts' warnings of a possible second wave of infections.
Iran meanwhile announced that collective prayers would resume in mosques, despite infections ticking back upwards in the Middle East's hardest-hit country. But countries in Latin America are bracing for difficult weeks ahead, especially Brazil, where the poor have been hit particularly hard. "It's her first chateau," grinned Lucile Daron Van Gennep, whose eight-month-old daughter was strapped to her front.In Austria, hotels and cinemas were allowed to take in customers, provided they wear masks.
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