Europe closes as virus swells

LONDON: As the United States closed in on 200,000 coronavirus deaths Monday (Tuesday in Manila), the crisis deteriorated across Europe, with Britain working to draw up new restrictions, Spain clamping down again in Madrid and the Czech Republic replacing its health minister with an epidemiologist because of a surge of infections.

In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce a round of restrictions Tuesday to slow the spread of the disease.