• Ukraine registered a record 2,328 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
• Czechia recorded its highest one-day rise with 506 new cases on Friday.
• Madrid authorities advised residents in areas with a high level of cases to stay at home.
• Swedish prime minister Stefan Lofven insisted his country has followed the right strategy in avoiding a strict lockdown.
• Germany has added Brussels to its high-risk destination list, warning citizens against non-essential travel there; Antwerp was already on the list. Anyone entering Germany from listed areas faces compulsory virus test or two week's quarantine.
• World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be shorter than the 1918 Spanish flu and last less than two years, if the world unites and succeeds in finding a vaccine.
An employee at Barcelona's La Pepita restaurant serves customers sharing a table with inflatable dolls, designed to help impose social distancing rules.
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