Europe's hardest-hit nations saw some tentative signs of hope in the fight against Coronavirus on Monday but the US braced for its "Pearl Harbour moment" as the country's death toll raced towards 10,000.

There was cause for cheer in some European hotspots, with Italy reporting its lowest death toll in two weeks, Spanish fatalities dropping for the third straight day and France seeing its fewest dead in a week. But while the curve was bending in Europe, there was little sign of let-up in the US. US Surgeon General Jerome Adams told Fox News that the pandemic rivals some of the darkest moments in the US history, including: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the September 11 terrorist attacks. "The next week is going to be our Pearl Harbor, 9/11 moments."