Spain death toll spikes, French emergency powers, UK elderly urged to stay at home: COVID-19 daily bulletin

- Spain warned that "the worst is yet to come" after the country's death toll topped 1,700 and the number of confirmed cases rose to more than 28,000.

- Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has ordered the closure of all businesses until 3 April with the exception of those required to maintaining the nation's supply chain.

- France's National Assembly voted for an emergency bill granting the government special powers to restrict freedom of movement and issue decrees for the requisition of certain goods and services over a period of two months.

- Up to 1.5 million vulnerable people in the UK who are at risk from COVID-19 should not step out of their homes for at least 12 weeks, the British government has announced.

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