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A sanitation worker uses a high-pressure water source to wash a market in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Thailand’s government announced Tuesday it will declare an emergency later in the week allowing them to take stricter measures to control the coronavirus outbreak that has infected hundreds of people in the Southeast Asian country. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some, especially older adults it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

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Spain's coronavirus deaths leap; Prince Charles now infected
March 25, 2020 5:28 a.m.

Spain's coronavirus deaths leap; Prince Charles now infected

MADRID (AP) — The death toll in Spain from the coronavirus shot up by more than 700 on Wednesday, surpassing China and is now second only to Italy as the pandemic spread rapidly in Europe, with even Britain's Prince Charles testing positive for the virus.