Medical staff push a patient on a gurney to a waiting medical helicopter at the Emile Muller hospital in Mulhouse, eastern France, to be evacuated on another hospital on March 17, 2020, amid the outbreak of the new Coronavirus, COVID-19. A strict lock down requiring most people in France to remain at home came into effect at midday on March 17, 2020, prohibiting all but essential outings in a bid to curb the coronavirus spread. The country has reported 148 deaths from the virus, a number that health experts warn could soar in the coming days, seriously straining the hospital system. (Photo by Sebastien Bozon/AFP Photo)





A man exits a subway car wearing a Guy Fawkes mask in Prague, Czech Republic on March 17, 2020. The day before, Prague's mayor said on Twitter: “On Prague public transport, it is mandatory to have a covered mouth and nose! Whether you have medical masks, self-made masks, or use a scarf, anything is better than nothing”. (Photo by Amos Chapple/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)





In this March 17, 2020 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, workers in protective suits push a cart with passengers' luggage at the New China International Exhibition Center, which has been converted into a facility to screen international flight passengers arriving in Beijing. As the pandemic expanded its reach, China and South Korea were trying to hold their hard-fought gains. China is quarantining new arrivals, who in recent days have accounted for an increasing number of cases, and South Korea starting Thursday will increase screenings of all overseas arrivals. The virus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough, for most people, but severe illness is more likely in the elderly and people with existing health problems. (Photo by Peng Ziyang/Xinhua via AP Photo)





People wearing protective masks as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus are reflected on a bus window, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. President Nicolas Maduro ordered citizens to stay home, and to wear a mask when in public. The vast majority of people recover from the new virus. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)





Trucks are jammed on the motorway A4 near Bautzen, Germany, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Because of the controls at the border with Poland, a traffic jam formed on the Autobahn 4 between Dresden and Goerlitz, which, according to police, had grown to a length of 40 kilometers by noon. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (Photo by Robert Michael/dpa via AP Photo)





Police officers wearing protective masks check papers at a control point at the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. France is imposing nationwide restrictions on how far from their homes people can go and for what purpose as part of the country's strategy to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. (Photo by Michel Euler/AP Photo)





Passengers wear protective suits, amid the outbreak of coronavirus, at Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, China on March 17, 2020. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





A member of the media talks with a driver as border police officers check vehicles at the last toll gate entering Spain from France, following an order from the Spanish government to set up controls at its land borders in La Jonquera, Spain on March 17, 2020. (Photo by Nacho Doce/Reuters)





Makrina Anastasiadou and her tango partner “El Morocho” dance for the public at an almost empty restaurant after tango shows, classes and milongas, traditional tango gatherings were suspended for at least 15 days to prevent the spread of coronavirus, in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 16, 2020. (Photo by Matias Baglietto/Reuters)





Swiss Border Guard control a French citizen at the Franco-Swiss border at the Jougne Customs office, in Vallorbe, during the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic, in Vallorbe, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. From 17 March 2020 until further notice, Switzerland's authorities proclaiming the state of necessity to fight against the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causing the Covid-19 disease. (Photo by Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP Photo)





S.F., a 16-year-old Greek graffiti artist, spray-paints a design, a woman wearing a face mask referring to protection against coronavirus, on the roof of his apartment block in Athens, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Greece has imposed a wide range of public safety measures to try and contain the coronavirus outbreak, including school and store closures. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, most people recover in about two to six weeks, depending on the severity of the illness. (Photo by Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo)





An elderly couple wear face masks as they shop at a food market in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. The head of Israel's shadowy Shin Bet internal security service said Tuesday that his agency received Cabinet approval overnight to start deploying its counter-terrorism tech measures to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus in Israel. For most people, the virus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (Photo by Oded Balilty/AP Photo)





Airlines ground crews with protective masks to protect against the coronavirus stand at a check-in counter at the Haneda International Airport in Tokyo Wednesday, March 18, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





A Chinese family covered with plastic bags as a precautionary measure against the new coronavirus walk at the departure level of Manila's International Airport, Philippines on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The Philippine government lifted a 72-hour deadline for thousands of foreign travelers to leave the country's main northern region which has been placed under quarantine due to the growing number of coronavirus infections, officials said. (Photo by Joeal Calupitan/AP Photo)





A soldier assists a woman as she goes down a military truck that offers a free ride after public transportation have been halted due to the enhanced community quarantine to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus along an almost empty hi-way in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The Philippine government lifted a 72-hour deadline for thousands of foreign travelers to leave the country's main northern region which has been placed under quarantine due to the growing number of coronavirus infections, officials said. (Photo by Joeal Calupitan/AP Photo)





A woman with her children walk their dog in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus called COVID-19 the Czech capital banned all passengers from the public transport who would not have any face protection. The order by Prague's mayor Zdenek Hrib says the protection might include face masks, respirators or scarves will also do. (Photo by Petr David Josek/AP Photo)





A taxi driver shows his ID and car documents to police who instructed them to stop operations while the government implements the “enhanced community quarantine” as a precautionary measure against the spread of the new coronavirus in Manila, Philippines, early Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)





People line up to enter in a shop to buy supplies in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Spain will mobilize 200 billion euros or the equivalent to one fifth of the country's annual output in loans, credit guarantees and subsidies for workers and vulnerable citizens, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Tuesday. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)





A protester in a gas mask takes part in a rally in front of the parliament building in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Protesters demanded lawmakers to stop working amid nation-wide quarantine in order to prevent hastily adopting unpopular laws. In an additional set of measures preventing the spread of the new coronarivus, Ukrainian authorities ruled to close public places except food markets, pharmacies and gas stations starting from Tuesday in Kyiv and other regions, and restrict the use of public transport from Kyiv to other Ukrainian cities. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





Workers of the fire department and the Red Cross take samples for coronavirus tests from car drivers at a mobile test station in Oberhausen, Germany, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. All public and private events are banned in Germany, clubs, bars restaurants and most shops are closed due to the virus outbreak. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (Photo by Martin Meissner/AP Photo)





Men wear masks as they sit in the metro in Prague, Czech Republic, 17 March 2020. According to media reports, the Czech government decided to impose a two-week quarantine in the country on the evening of 15 March, and ban all international travel from 16 March 2020. Currently 383 cases of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the Covid-19 disease, have been officially confirmed in Czech Republic. (Photo by Martin Divisek/EPA/EFE)





A labourer sprays disinfectant in Jordan's archaeological city of Petra south of the capital Amman on March 17, 2020, to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Khalil Mazraawi/AFP Photo)





“Stay home” is graffitied on a wall in Brighton on March 17, 2020 in Brighton, England. Boris Johnson held the first of his public daily briefing on the Coronavirus outbreak yesterday and told the public to avoid theatres, going to the pub and work from home where possible. The number of people infected with COVID-19 in the UK reached 1500 today with 36 deaths. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)





People dressed up for St Patricks Day take a picture in Dublin city centre, Tuesday March 17, 2020. The St Patrick's Day parades across Ireland were cancelled due to the outbreak of Covid-19 virus. For most people, the new COVID-19 coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, but for some it can cause more severe illness. (Photo by Peter Morrison/AP Photo)





Master confectioner Torsten Roth presents his so called “Corona Antibody Pralines” in the Roth Backery in Erfurt, central Germany, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. The praline consists of nougat and marzipan and is produced in different colors. The idea of designing the praline came to him during a regional trade fair when the visitors failed to appear to his stand because of the coronavirus crisis. He wants to answer with humor. (Photo by Jens Meyer/AP Photo)