Spotlight: European nations ramp up responses to contain COVID-19 as WHO calls for unity

A healthcare worker takes a sample from a driver to test for possible COVID-19 infection at a drive-through test station in Iserlohn, Germany, on March 26, 2020. Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Germany increased by 4,954 within one day to 36,508, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Thursday. The number of deaths from COVID-19 increased from 149 to 198, according to RKI, the federal government agency and research institute responsible for disease control and prevention. (Photo by Joachim Bywaletz/Xinhua)