The number of coronavirus deaths in Spain has fallen for the third day in a row - a glimmer of hope in the hard-hit country where more than 12,400 have died
Despite the lockdown appearing to reduce the number of daily deaths, authorities have made it clear they have no immediate intention of lifting the restrictions.
Meanwhile, Italy's virus-ravaged Lombardy region is now requiring residents to wear a protective mask when they go outside.It follows similar orders in recent days in two other northern regions, hard-hit Veneto and Alto Adige, which require protective masks for residents if they go shopping in stores and markets.
It comes amid a growing appreciation that the official death toll may be masking the true number dying.Interviews by Reuters news agency with families, doctors and nurses in Lombardy indicate that scores are dying at home as symptoms go unchecked and medical professionals are unable to visit the sick before they pass away.
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