ROME, April 12 — Billions around the world celebrated Easter Sunday from lockdown at home as the pope urged solidarity to fight the coronavirus pandemic and the European death toll from the virus topped 75,000. Unprecedented scenes of empty churches emerged from Italy to Panama and the...
Mounted police patrol at Via dei Condotti street, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Rome, Italy April 10, 2020. — Reuters pic
The death toll from the virus soared past 109,000 this weekend, with more than 1.7 million reported infections globally. He called for European “solidarity” in the face of the virus, adding: “After the Second World War, this beloved continent was able to rise again.” “Those photos are the representations of the people who are watching and attending mass through livestreaming, so we also feel their presence virtually,” said Father Mark Christopher De Leon.
In the United States, New Orleans and hardest hit New York saw a slowdown in the number of new infections, deaths and hospitalisations, offer a shred of hope.
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