Brussels: In an art-deco building in the heart of Brussels, Belgium’s leading scientists gather daily to announce the country’s coronavirus toll. It’s been grim reading.…
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Covid-19: Italy’s PM outlines lockdown easing measures
Italy has outlined plans to ease the restrictions it imposed seven weeks ago to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said…
View More Covid-19: Italy’s PM outlines lockdown easing measuresComplete chronology of Cornovirus cases & deaths in Russia: Updated 25-02-2020
April 24: 3 things you need to know today Russia confirmed 5,849 new coronavirus infections on Friday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 68,622. Overall, 615…
View More Complete chronology of Cornovirus cases & deaths in Russia: Updated 25-02-2020Central & East Europe countries start lifting covid-19 lockdowns
Coronavirus lockdown measures are gradually being eased across central and eastern Europe, with key petrochemicals-intensive industries restarting. The Czech Republic started on Monday a four-phase,…
View More Central & East Europe countries start lifting covid-19 lockdownsGermany is slowly reopening, but ‘people are afraid to come and shop’
Across most of Germany this week, small retail outlets resumed operations for the first time in more than a month, part of the country’s slow…
View More Germany is slowly reopening, but ‘people are afraid to come and shop’How does Belgium have so many Covid-19 deaths?
Belgium, with roughly 11.5 million inhabitants, has recorded the most deaths as a consequence of the coronavirus (Covid-19) per capita, but how did that happen,…
View More How does Belgium have so many Covid-19 deaths?DIVIDED EU LAYS OUT TRILLION-EURO CORONAVIRUS ESCAPE ROUTE
It remains undecided whether additional funds for hard-hit countries will be in the form of grants or loans.European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to build a…
View More DIVIDED EU LAYS OUT TRILLION-EURO CORONAVIRUS ESCAPE ROUTESweden says NO to lockdown: Stockholm is expected to reach ‘herd immunity’ in weeks
Unlike its neighbors, Sweden did not impose a lockdown amid the coronavirus outbreak. The strategy — basically, one that aimed at building a broad-base of…
View More Sweden says NO to lockdown: Stockholm is expected to reach ‘herd immunity’ in weeksCoronavirus death toll in the Netherlands near 4,000
3,916 people died from the virus-related complications, with 165 deaths reported in the past 24 hours The number of official coronavirus deaths in the Netherlands…
View More Coronavirus death toll in the Netherlands near 4,000Netherlands Brings in Air Force to Fight Wildfires
The Dutch air force sent in helicopters to help firefighters battle wildfires in two eastern nature reserves in the Netherlands. Local media report efforts to…
View More Netherlands Brings in Air Force to Fight Wildfires