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EU grapples over virus recovery as global death toll passes 600,000

An Iranian woman stands next to a street bin, painted with a mask as part of a campaign to spread awareness about the coronavirus pandemic, in Tehran on July 18, 2020. [AFP]

European Union leaders were due to meet for a third day Sunday to try and agree on a giant post-coronavirus economic recovery plan as the global death toll climbed to more than 600,000, an AFP tally showed.

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