One after another, European governments are adopting population containment measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 as the number of people affected and of fatalities increases.

While the Member States and the EU are announcing measures to support the economy in order to prevent its collapse, citizens are organising themselves to deal with a situation that is unprecedented on this scale.

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