'We are collapsing': Virus pummels medics in Spain and Italy
Widespread infections among health workers reflect the difficulty of stemming the spread.
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Surreal scenes: NZ photographer describes family's failed bid to flee Italy
Strict lockdown in Italy forces Kiwi family back to apartment as they wait out Covid-19.
Scientists predict a single, lasting vaccine for virus
The virus isn't mutating quickly, suggesting a vaccine would offer lasting protection.
Horror find in Spanish nursing homes
Prosecutors launched a judicial probe into the horrific discovery.
Italy: A love letter to travels past and future
Reminiscing about Italy and why we're dreaming of one day going back.
Signs Italy starting to bend the curve
The hard-hit country has recorded a smaller daily increase in new cases for two days.
Editorial: Ominous virus lessons on action for NZ
WE SAY: Like winter, tougher virus restrictions were inevitably coming.
Claire Trevett: The two Covid-19 numbers that sent PM to lockdown
The PM had a very fine line to walk between going too soon, and leaving it too late.
What you need to know today about the outbreak
A wrap of all the latest on the coronavirus around the world.
Italy, pandemic's new epicentre, has lessons for the world
New York Times: Italy's experience shows limiting people's movements has to happen early.
Coronavirus: Deaths mount in US, Italy & Iran
New York City mayor warns worse is yet to come and urges military to respond.
4000 deaths in a month: How coronavirus overwhelmed Italy
The number of deaths in Italy jumped 20 per cent in 24 hours.
Italy's death toll feeds fear of what lies ahead in Europe and the US
Italy is bearing the brunt of the pandemic's unceasing spread.
Our Covid-19 cases versus those around the world
Graphic: Compare our coronavirus case increase against growth in other countries.
Stranded in Dubai over Immigration NZ debacle
There are more than 23,000 New Zealanders registered on SafeTravel.
Why Italy couldn't 'flatten the curve'
Italy's coronavirus death toll has now surpassed China's - and it did one thing wrong.
Italy's grim coronavirus toll: 2629 health workers infected - 8.3% of total cases
One of the doctors who died had said he had to work without gloves.
'We are facing the biggest crisis of our time': Urgent calls for retired medical staff to step up
Official campaign to find the workforce needed is due to launch on Saturday.
Coronavirus cure hope: 79yo successfully treated with experimental drug
The drug, remdesivir, was first developed by US drug firm Gilead to treat Ebola.
Italian death toll overtakes China's as virus spreads
Italy reached the bleak milestone the same day that Wuhan.
Italian virus death toll nears China's as outbreak spreads
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where coronavirus first took hold, has no new domestic cases.
'You can feel the sadness, the fear': Kiwi-Italian family on life in lockdown
They are sharing their story to get Kiwis to take the crisis seriously.
Coronavirus: Italian death toll set to overtake China
European nation overwhelmed as pandemic ravages Italy's prosperous northern region.
Avoiding Italy's fate - and how we cope when the virus hits NZ
Can we stop coronavirus? What happens if it gets through anyway? David Fisher reports.
Hello from Italy. Your future is grimmer than you think
"Writing this from Italy, I am also writing to you from your own future."
Coronavirus clampdown: EU to seal borders for a month
The move is to slow the spread of Covid-19.
Chaos at European borders as people struggle to get home amid coronavirus
The closures have stopped not only people but also needed goods.
Europeans erect borders against coronavirus, but the enemy is already within
New York Times: The great squares and stadiums are empty, the museums shut.
Coronavirus: Video shows Italy's grim toll
Obituary pages swell as the death toll continues to rise.
Insane life in a city under coronavirus lockdown
Kate Langbroek was living the good life in northern Italy. Now it feels like 'wartime'.
Spain's drastic move to stop virus spread
Planes are being turned back mid-flight on their way to Spain as coronavirus cases jump.
Coronavirus: Travelling Kiwis on way home from Italy
They'd been stuck in the airport after their flight through Australia was cancelled.
'Dead quiet': Tauranga man speaks about life in quarantined Italy
The death toll from the virus in Italy topped 1000 today.
Watch: Quarantined Italians sing from their balconies
Emotional scenes from locked-down towns in Italy show how isolated people pass the time.