In several metro trains in the Paris region, it is too busy for travellers to keep enough distance from each other. In the trainsets on the busiest lines, people are relatively close to each other, such as on line 13, French media report. Many Parisians fear that they will […]
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In the coming days, the EU will distribute 1.5 million medical masks among seventeen Member States. The United Kingdom also receives a batch. The masks were purchased through tenders organized by the European Commission, to which the Member States can participate. In total, 10 million masks are purchased. In […]
President Trump says he continues his “corona task force” indefinitely to fight the epidemic and reopen the country economically. He tweeted this Wednesday after suggesting that he want to put together a completely different team for the reopening of the economy a day earlier. The existing corona team is […]
The Houthi insurgents in Yemen have first reported a coronavirus infection. It concerns a Somali who was found dead in a hotel in the capital Sanaa, which is in the hands of the rebels. Houthi Minister of Health says medical teams took a look at the hotel after reporting […]
The French government is under fire for the planned relaxation of the lockdown. Mayors and transport companies question the feasibility of the plans. The hard-hit France, where some 25,000 corona patients have died, wants to phase out the measures to prevent the virus from spreading. Many children are allowed […]
A makeshift hospital for corona patients with 1350 beds in Madrid was ceremonially closed on Friday. The closure was made possible thanks to the significant decrease in the number of corona infections in and around the Spanish capital. The event is of great symbolic value for the badly hit […]
The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia bordering the Netherlands will open primary schools from May 11. German media reported this on Thursday, based on an email from the Ministry of Education in the state. The schools closed in March to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The pupils of […]
Several children in France are suffering from heart infections that may be caused by the new coronavirus. The French health minister announced this on Wednesday, who emphasized that there is no evidence yet. The inflammations are taken “very seriously”, says Olivier Véran. About fifteen French children show the symptoms. […]
A Turkish military aircraft with medical supplies and protective equipment left for the United States on Tuesday to assist in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak. “We are proud to announce that at the request of our NATO ally, Turkey will supply medical supplies to the United States to […]
In the first months of this year, more than 500 civilians died in Afghanistan. Violence even increased after the United States and the Taliban reached an agreement in late February, the UN mission in the country reports. UN mission UNAMA says there were 1,293 innocent victims in the first […]
