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Women wearing face masks visit roadside food stalls in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on April 8, 2020, as travel restrictions to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus were lifted in the city. - Thousands of Chinese travellers rushed to leave COVID-19 coronavirus-ravaged Wuhan on April 8 as authorities lifted a more than two-month prohibition on outbound travel from the city where the global pandemic first emerged. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)

China ends Wuhan lockdown, but normal life is a distant dream

FILE - In this Saturday, March 28, 2020 handout photo provided by Number 10 Downing Street, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson chairs the morning Covid-19 Meeting remotely after self isolating after testing positive for the coronavirus, at 10 Downing Street, London. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to a hospital with the coronavirus. Johnson’s office says he is being admitted for tests because he still has symptoms 10 days after testing positive for the virus. (Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street via AP, File)

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved to ICU

A sprawling villa at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island. MUST CREDIT: Conrad Maldives Rangali Island

They were the last couple in paradise. Now their resort life continues.

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Japan to declare state of emergency, media say April 5, 2020 | 10:34 PM

Pope celebrates Palm Sunday without public in St. Peter's April 5, 2020 | 7:18 AM

People on a nearly deserted street in Milan, Friday, April 3.

BACK TO NORMAL?

In Italy, going back to work may depend on having the right antibodies April 4, 2020 | 3:33 PM

Immigration officials tried to assist tourists on Monday in Phuket, Thailand, who were stranded and seeking to extend their visas.

Why Asia’s new coronavirus controls should worry the world April 1, 2020 | 10:48 AM

'Sweden is an outlier on the European scene' March 30, 2020 | 12:20 PM

Exterior view of the Singer Museum in Laren, Netherlands, Monday March 30, 2020. Police are investigating a break-in at a Dutch art museum that is currently closed because of restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus, the museum and police said Monday. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Dutch museum, closed due to coronavirus, says van Gogh painting stolen overnight March 30, 2020 | 11:08 AM

Officials light a lantern from the Olympic Flame at the end of a flame display ceremony in Iwaki, northern Japan.

Tokyo's infection spike after Olympic delay sparks questions March 29, 2020 | 9:42 PM

The Zaandam cruise ship, carrying dozens of guests with flu-like symptoms, arrives to the bay of Panama City, seen from Isla de Taboga, Panama, Friday, March 27, 2020, amid the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus. Once the vessel reaches Panamanian waters, health authorities are expected to board the ship to test passengers and decide whether it can cross the Panama Canal to head on towards Fort Lauderdale. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

4 passengers dead aboard cruise ship anchored off Panama March 27, 2020 | 3:18 PM

Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus March 27, 2020 | 7:45 AM

Video: BBC News checks in with viral work-from-home dad and his family March 26, 2020 | 1:13 PM

A woman rides past the Reichstag building, the seat of the German Bundestag in Berlin, Monday, March 23, 2020. Despite the COVID-19 crisis, the Bundestag wants to meet for a session on Wednesday. In order to slow down the spread of the coronavirus, the federal government has considerably restricted public life. (Carsten Koall/dpa via AP)

Why Germany's coronavirus death rate is so much lower than other countries' rates March 25, 2020 | 10:06 AM

Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall, in the background, leave after attending the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in London, Monday, March 9.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Britain's Prince Charles tests positive for new coronavirus March 25, 2020 | 7:12 AM

Harsh steps are needed to stop the coronavirus, experts say March 23, 2020 | 9:20 AM

Bodies of coronavirus victims from Bergamo, Italy, are unloaded Saturday upon arrival at a cemetery in Ferrara, where they will be cremated.
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A plea from doctors in Italy: To avoid Covid-19 disaster, treat more patients at home March 22, 2020 | 12:04 PM

Italy, pandemic’s new epicenter, has lessons for the world March 22, 2020 | 11:54 AM

Medical staff, wearing protective gear, move a patient infected with the coronavirus from an ambulance to a hospital in Seoul.

Understanding what works: How some countries are beating back the coronavirus March 20, 2020 | 10:36 AM

A nurse leaves the intensive care unit of the hospital of Brescia, Italy, Thursday, March 19, 2020. Italy has become the country with the most coronavirus-related deaths, surpassing China by registering 3,405 dead. Italy reached the gruesome milestone on the same day the epicenter of the pandemic, Wuhan, China, recorded no new infections. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

Italy's death toll overtakes China's as coronavirus spreads March 19, 2020 | 1:48 PM

Trump defends calling the coronavirus the ‘Chinese Virus’ March 18, 2020 | 9:30 PM

Vehicles enter the United States as a minivan drives to Canada in the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel in Detroit, Monday, March 16, 2020. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is closing his country's borders to anyone not a citizen, an American or a permanent resident amid the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

U.S.-Canada border

Trump: U.S., Canada to close border to nonessential travel March 18, 2020 | 10:24 AM

Children played outside a mall in Beijing on Tuesday.

Children and coronavirus: Research finds some become seriously ill March 18, 2020 | 10:02 AM

In an Italian city, obituaries fill the newspaper, but survivors mourn alone March 17, 2020 | 9:45 AM

Minister of Health Patty Hajdu looks on as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, Wednesday March 11, 2020. Canada is announcing $1 billion ($730 million) in funding to help health-care workers cope with the increasing number of new cases of coronavirus and to help Canadian workers who are forced to isolate themselves. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada closing borders to non-citizens, Americans exempted March 16, 2020 | 2:06 PM

In this photo provided by Austin Boschen, people wait in line to go through the customs on Saturday at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Tex. (Austin Boschen/AP)

Coronavirus screening causes massive bottlenecks at O'Hare and other U.S. airports March 15, 2020 | 9:33 AM

A makeshift emergency unit at the Brescia hospital, in northern Italy, on Thursday.

Italy’s health care system groans under coronavirus — a warning to the world March 13, 2020 | 11:10 PM

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson

Tom Hanks/Rita Wilson update: 'There is no crying in baseball' March 13, 2020 | 9:40 AM

Dow ends 11-year win streak as coronavirus outbreak menaces economy March 11, 2020 | 10:04 PM

Trump restricts travel from Europe to U.S. for 30 days March 11, 2020 | 9:13 PM

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization speaks during a news conference on updates regarding on the novel coronavirus COVID-19, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, March 9, 2020. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

The coronavirus outbreak is now a 'pandemic.' Here's what that means. March 11, 2020 | 5:24 PM

Two girls in Syria wear masks as a preventive measure. Children have been mysteriously untouched by the virus worldwide.

Coronavirus is mysteriously sparing kids and killing the elderly. Understanding why may help defeat the virus. March 11, 2020 | 3:44 PM

Workers wearing protective gears disinfect as a precaution against the new coronavirus at the subway station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. (Kim Sun-woong/Newsis via AP)

World Health Organization declares COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic March 11, 2020 | 12:30 PM