Coronavirus in Italy is growing, Germany closes the border.

Coronavirus continued the attack on Italy, the most affected country outside of China. On Sunday officials said that the number of deaths rose to 1809 — 25 percent more than the day before, and is the largest one-day surge from all countries.

368 deaths reported in Italy, exceeds the largest number of day cases reported in China in the midst of the outbreak. According to the world health organization, the highest number of daily casualties in China was 13 February when the country reported 254 new cases of death.

Horrifying cases in Italy exceeded 24 700 people, despite the fact that the whole country was blocked for a week, and escalation that will likely only increase, raises urgent questions about how to handle overloaded hospitals, especially the heavily affected North.

On Sunday, the Vatican said that its traditional worship services during the week before Easter, which usually attracts several thousand people, will not be open to the public next month, breaking the historical tradition.

Germany closes its borders with Austria, Denmark, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland, to slow the spread of coronavirus, said the Minister of internal Affairs of the country on Sunday followed by several other member countries of the European Union restricting the freedom of movement across the continent.

Spain and France announced strong restrictions across the country this weekend. The country most affected after Italy.

On Sunday, Spanish officials reported nearly 8,000 cases of coronavirus and 288 deaths. The country has ordered all residents to restrict their houses and leave only to buy food, go to work, to seek medical care or help the elderly and others in need. The government also ordered the closure of all schools, restaurants and bars.

The Spanish authorities stated that the wife of the Prime Minister Begonia Gomez was positive for the virus.

France announced the closure of all “essential” businesses, including restaurants, bars and cinemas, after a sharp rise in the number of cases of coronavirus. The number of French cases exceeded 5420 Sunday, with 127 deaths. On Saturday, 300 patients with coronavirus were in critical condition — half of them younger than 60 years.

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On Sunday, the Minister of transport of France declared that the country will start to reduce the number of flights between the cities and the planes, trains and buses.

One after another countries around the world on Sunday continued to take extraordinary measures as they tried to contain the spread of coronavirus, closing schools, restaurants and bars, prescribing quarantine and strictly limiting travel.