04/04/2020 11:40
Coronavirus: Europe's care homes struggle as deaths rise
As nursing and care homes across Europe battle to stop the spread of Covid-19 among the elderly, France has revealed 1,416 residents have succumbed to the virus since the epidemic began, BBC reports.
Alarming cases have emerged in the Spanish capital Madrid, with reports of dozens of deaths in two nursing homes.
Residents were taken to hospital in the Italian city of Naples after a care home outbreak claimed several lives.
Cases have also been reported in 100 care homes around the Swedish capital.
Although authorities in the Stockholm region have not given figures, public broadcaster SVT says more than 400 people have been infected and about 50 have died.