LONG BATTLE AHEAD
Despite drastic measures, European nations admit that it would be a long battle to counter the novel coronavirus.
When announcing "state of emergency", Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez acknowledged this was just the "first phase" of the battle and that "very difficult weeks lie ahead."
It was "impossible to rule out that we will reach 10,000 cases in the coming week," he said, adding that the measures were aimed at stopping the virus spreading "too quickly", and to ensure that "the most vulnerable people" can get the treatment they need.
When addressing his nation, French President Emmanuel Macron also noted that France is "only at the beginning of the epidemic" which brought the country into its worst sanitary crisis in a century.
For British government's Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance, probably between 5,000 and 10,000 people could have COVID-19 in the UK.
"It's not possible to stop everybody getting it (COVID-19) and it's also not desirable because you want some immunity in the population." He also said the main aim is to protect vulnerable and elderly from coronavirus.
HELPING HAND FROM CHINA
As China sees the light at the end of the tunnel in its fight against COVID-19, it is lending a hand to European countries, a number of which had come to China's assistance at the early stage of the outbreak.
On Thursday night, a charter flight carrying a 9-member Chinese aid team, along with tonnes of medical supplies, arrived at Rome's Fiumicino Airport, in part of China's efforts to help Italy contain the coronavirus outbreak.
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