Bolsonaro greets large crowds as Brazil overtakes Spain and Italy in coronavirus cases
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro joined a large rally outside his official residence, the Alvorada Palace, in Brasilia on Sunday to greet supporters, according to video posted on his official social media accounts. Video streamed on Bolsonaro’s YouTube page showed him wearing a face mask while...
New coronavirus clusters found in France
Some 69 out of 209 employees at an agricultural producer near St. Brieuc in northwestern France have tested positive for coronavirus following a mass screening, according to the local health authority. An employee at the unnamed factory in Brittany was admitted to the local hospital...
UK missing between 50,000-70,000 Covid-19 cases, says head of symptoms study
The UK is likely missing between 50,000-70,000 Covid-19 cases because it has not updated its list of coronavirus symptoms, a professor who leads the Kings College London Covid Symptom Tracker app said Monday. Professor Tim Spector told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that his team’s...
One of Greece’s most famous cultural sites has just reopened
The Acropolis in Athens reopened for visitors today after temporarily closing due to the coronavirus outbreak. More than 200 archaeological sites in the country will resume business today, according to the Greek Ministry of Culture. They are the first cultural sites to return to normal operations,...
Coronavirus has devastated Moscow. Now it’s spreading across Russia’s 11 time zones to ill-funded regions
Russia hit a grim Covid-19 milestone this week: According to Johns Hopkins University, the country now ranks second in the world for confirmed coronavirus cases. The Russian capital has been hardest hit. Of Russia’s total of 281,752 confirmed cases, over half — 142,824 — are...
Protesters arrested in London during anti-lockdown demonstration
At least 13 protesters participating in an anti-lockdown demonstration in London have been arrested, the British Metropolitan Police told CNN on Saturday. Dozens of people who had gathered in Hyde Park to protest against the government’s emergency coronavirus restrictions were met by police officers attempting...
Spanish government to reopen some airports to international travel
The Spanish government will re-open some airports on several islands and in the southern part of the country to international travel, the country’s Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos, announced on Saturday More details are expected Sunday, Abalos said. “Tomorrow [Sunday] I will sign a resolution...
Life after lockdown: How the coronavirus pandemic is changing the way Britain builds
For a couple of weeks last month in the UK, Thistle MultiFinish building plaster, which usually retails at just over £5, was being sold on the black market for between £35 and £40. “I started getting calls from people I haven’t heard from in years...
Polish archbishop refers child sex abuse case to Vatican
The head of Poland’s Roman Catholic Church has said he is asking the Vatican to investigate the cover-up of child sexual abuse by priests. Archbishop Wojciech Polak called on the Church hierarchy to “launch proceedings” following the release of a documentary on the subject on...
How to watch the Bundesliga on TV and online from over the World
The Bundesliga is due to resume on May 16 – the first major European league to do so. Live European football is set to return to TV screens on May 16 as the Bundesliga restarts behind-closed-doors. Germany’s top-flight football season will return under strict health...
Spanish prime minister to request state of emergency extension
The Spanish government will ask the country’s parliament for a month-long extension to the state of emergency in the country, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Saturday. “The Spanish government will ask the Parliament a new extension to the state of emergency, which will have...
Spain reports lowest daily deaths from Covid-19 since mid-March
Spanish health authorities reported the lowest daily increase in coronavirus deaths since mid-March on Saturday, as the number of new cases continues to slow down. According to data from the Spanish Health Ministry, 27,563 have now died from Covid-19 in the country, an increase of...
Dozens of surrogacy babies stranded by coronavirus lockdown in Ukraine, lawmaker says
Dozens of babies born to Ukrainian surrogate mothers are trapped in lockdown and unable to join their adoptive parents abroad as the country’s borders remain closed, a prominent Ukrainian lawmaker said Thursday. Lyudmila Denisova, the Ukrainian parliament’s human rights ombudsman, said in a briefing on...
Russia reports 9,200 new cases
Russia reported 9,200 new cases on Saturday, pushing its overall total to 272,043 confirmed cases, according to the country’s coronavirus headquarters. The country ranks second in the world for confirmed coronavirus cases, according to Johns Hopkins University. Moscow’s health department hit back at media reports...
It’s 9 a.m. in London and 1 p.m. in Karachi. Here’s what you may have missed
Global infections continue to rise, with 4,543,975 cases of coronavirus in the world as of Saturday morning Eastern Time, according to Johns Hopkins University. At least 307,715 fatalities have been reported. If you’re just tuning in, here are some of the top stories you might...
Italy’s Lombardy region to reopen restaurants and shops on Monday
Italy’s worst-hit coronavirus hotspot, Lombardy, will begin the process of reopening shops, restaurants and hair salons on Monday, the region’s governor said Friday. According to government data, the northern Italian region has so far recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases across the country. At...
Coronavirus: Italy to lift travel restrictions as lockdown eases
Italy’s government has signed a decree that will allow travel to and from the country from 3 June, as it moves to ease its coronavirus lockdown measures. It will also allow travel between the regions – which has so far been tightly restricted – from...
First child in France dies of new syndrome possibly linked to coronavirus
A 9-year-old boy has died from a rare condition possibly linked to coronavirus, a spokesperson for the Timone Marseille hospital in the south of France told CNN on Friday. The child had tested positive for coronavirus, but he did not develop symptoms, the spokesperson added....
Germany plans to ease quarantine for some travelers
Germany will ease quarantine restrictions for incoming travelers from the EU, the Schengen passport-free zone and the UK, the country’s interior ministry announced at a Friday press briefing. Ministry spokesperson Björn Grünewälder said Germany would only ask travelers to go into quarantine if they arrive from countries with elevated numbers...
French vaccine company says CEO’s comments about prioritizing US market were “misinterpreted”
French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi has said comments made by its CEO Paul Hudson indicating the US market could be prioritized for a Covid-19 vaccine were “misinterpreted”. The company previously said its cooperation with the US’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) would allow it...
More than 27% of care home deaths in England and Wales were caused by coronavirus
More than a quarter of all care home resident deaths recorded in England and Wales during March and April were caused by coronavirus, according to official data released Friday. Between March 2 and May 1, Covid-19 was a cause for 27.3% of total deaths in...
Outcry from unions over plan to reopen England’s schools in June
Britain’s largest trade unions have called on the government to reconsider its plan to partially open English schools on June 1, over health and safety concerns for teachers. The UK government currently hopes to partially reopen schools in England next month but its clash with...
How hair salons are adapting to the “new normal”
The hair salon has always been an especially intimate environment. It is a place where close contact is non-negotiable — a hair stylist massages your scalp with the pads of their fingers; a barber leans in close to shape up your hairline. All that stopped...
Germany enters recession as economy shrinks 2.2% in first quarter of 2020
Germany is in recession after its economy saw two consecutive quarters of negative growth. The country’s GDP shrank 2.2% in the first quarter of 2020, the German economy’s worst performance since the financial crisis. Growth for the fourth quarter of 2019 was also downgraded to...
Spanish island says Germans may be able to visit in June
Spain’s Mallorca island in the Mediterranean plans to welcome a limited number of Germans and other travelers in late June in a “pilot project” to restart tourism that has been halted due to coronavirus, Francina Armengol, the Regional President of the Balearic Islands said Thursday....
Russia reports more than 10,000 new cases
Russia reported 10,598 new cases of coronavirus on Friday from the past 24 hours, as the country struggles to rein in the pandemic. It has consistently reported more than 10,000 new cases a day for the past two weeks, only dipping below once in the...
Germany’s virus reproduction rate falls
Germany’s coronavirus reproduction rate has fallen to 0.75, according to the country’s disease and control center — a small but hopeful decrease. It had previously been 0.81, according to the Robert Koch Institute. The reproduction rate, also known as the R-value, indicates how much the...
French President summons drugmaker CEO amid vaccine row
French President Emmanuel Macron has summoned the CEO of global pharmaceutical giant Sanofi to a meeting next week, after the company suggested the US market could be prioritized for a Covid-19 vaccine. Macron and CEO Paul Hudson will meet on Tuesday, said the Elysee Palace....
UK could face ‘many, many outbreaks’ – WHO envoy
Dr David Nabarro, the World Health Organization’s special envoy for Covid-19, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the UK needs to be “very careful” in opening up from lockdown as it still has “a lot of virus around”. “As soon as movement does restart...
Health workers in Spain hold two minutes of silence for colleagues killed by COVID-19
Health workers across Spain observed two minutes of silence in honor of all their colleagues who have died since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country. Across the country health professionals stood silently in front of hospitals, care homes and health centers in...