'Do not let this fire burn': WHO warns Europe over Covid-19
by Jon Henley in Paris and Sam Jones in Madrid from on (#50NKY)
Europe now centre of pandemic, says WHO, as Spain prepares for state of emergency
The World Health Organization has stepped up its calls for intensified action to fight the coronavirus pandemic, imploring countries "not to let this fire burn", as Spain said it would declare a 15-day state of emergency from Saturday.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director general, said Europe - where the virus is present in all 27 EU states and has infected 25,000 people - had become the centre of the epidemic, with more reported cases and deaths than the rest of the world combined apart from China.
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