As of Friday, more than 1,026,900 cases of coronavirus have been reported, resulting in at least 53,975 deaths.
In Italy, the services industry dropped in March at the fastest rate since thesurvey began in 1998. In Germany, the services sector laid off staff at the steepest rate in about 23 years. In Spain, services activity contracted for the first time in six-and-a-half years.
The data released Friday showed the final Composite Purchasing Managers' Index — which includes services and manufacturing — for the whole euro zone crashed to a record low of 29.7 in March, from 51.6 in February. This was the biggest monthly fall since the survey began.Coffins containing the bodies of people who have died of coronavirus are lined up in the long-term parking of the Collserola morgue before they either buried or incinerated, on April 02, 2020 in Barcelona, Spain.
The measures include closing most workplaces, except those offering "essential services" such as food establishments, hospitals and transport, Lee said. All schools will also be closed temporarily, he said. The prime minister also said his government is rethinking its advice that only those who are ill need to wear masks.
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