Europe

Italy thirsts for tourists as country reopens to Europe

by Ella IDE ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Italy reopened to travellers from Europe on Wednesday, three months after the country…

Germany to lift travel warning for Europe from June 15: official

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Germany will lift its blan`ket travel warning for European nations from June 15, Foreign Minister Heiko…

Spain records no virus deaths for second day running

MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spain recorded no deaths from the coronavirus for the second day running, the health ministry reported…

UK records lowest death toll of lockdown as restrictions ease

  by Charlotte DURAND and Dmitry ZAKS Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Younger children went back to…

Top doctor sparks row with claim virus ‘no longer exists’ in Italy

ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Top scientists, health officials and the WHO on Monday rushed to counter claims made by a…

World’s officially oldest man dies in UK aged 112

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The world's oldest man, according to the Guinness World Records, has died from cancer in…

Pharma chiefs see coronavirus vaccine by year-end, but challenges ‘daunting’

by Nina LARSON GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Pharmaceutical company executives said Thursday that one or several COVID-19 vaccines could begin…

Roche, Gilead to test drug cocktail against severe COVID-19

ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) -- Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said Thursday that it is planning to test whether a mix of…

Relief for restaurants as France prepares new lockdown easing

PARIS, France (AFP) -- The French government is expected to announce Thursday's new measures to ease the coronavirus lockdown, allowing…

France halts hydroxychloroquine use for COVID-19 cases: govt

by Joseph Schmid PARIS, France (AFP) -- The French government said Wednesday that doctors can no longer treat COVID-19 patients…

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