At a time of isolation, people in many European cities hit hard by the new coronavirus are taking at least a minute each night to come together in gratitude.

Spain locked down its 46 million citizens and France ordered the closing of just about everything the rest of the world loves about it — the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the cafes and restaurants — as governments took increasingly desperate measures to put more space between people and contain the coronavirus.

Europe is now the "epicentre" of the global coronavirus pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization says and reports BBC.

From state emergency to financial help, several European countries on Thursday announced new measures to tackle COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, as caseload on the continent is approaching 30,000.