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STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP ) — Sweden, which has controversially taken a softer approach to the coronavirus pandemic, said Wednesday that more than one in five people in Stockholm were believed to have developed antibodies to the virus. An ongoing study by the country’s Public Health Agency showed that 7.3 percent of a sample of randomly selected people in Stockholm — Sweden’s worst-hit region — had antibodies when they were tested in the last week of […]
by Nina LARSON with Michael MATHES in Washington and AFP bureaus Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — World Health Organization member states agreed Tuesday to launch an investigation into its coronavirus response, after US President Donald Trump threatened to quit the UN agency and branded it a “puppet of China”. Trump has been locked in a bitter spat with Beijing, alleging it covered up the initial COVID-19 outbreak in central China late last year […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British unemployment jumped in the first quarter on the back of coronavirus, despite a lockdown being imposed only near the end of the period, official data showed Tuesday. The total number of unemployed people rose 50,000 to 1.3 million in three months to March from a year earlier, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. The ONS also revealed that jobless claims, made under the Universal Credit welfare […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — The number of coronavirus cases in Russia hit nearly 300,000 on Tuesday as authorities registered more than 9,000 new infections after saying the virus situation had stabilised. Health officials reported 9,263 new infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 299,941, the second-highest in the world after the United States. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who along with several other senior officials has tested positive for the virus, said […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Chinese telecoms giant Huawei is to fund a new £5 million ($6.1 million, 5.6-million-euro) technology hub at Imperial College London, British media reported. The institution did not confirm or deny the reports when contacted by AFP, and said an announcement about the project would be made on Tuesday. “Imperial, like other UK universities, has received support from Huawei for high-quality and open research for several years, and we are continuing […]
VENICE, Italy (AFP) — Venice’s gondolas glided across the Grand Canal once more Monday as Italy’s lockdown eased, taking the odd local from one side to the other as they wait for tourists to return. Wearing not only their famous blue and white stripped t-shirts but also gloves and masks, the gondoliers helped passengers climb into the boats, where tape had been used to mark the social distancing spaces people must keep on board. “It’s […]
by Joe JACKSON Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain on Sunday reported 170 more coronavirus deaths — its lowest number since late March, when lockdown restrictions were introduced, although the figures from Northern Ireland were not included. Prime Minister Boris Johnson meanwhile acknowledged public frustration with the restrictions imposed to fight the virus. The deaths take the government’s official rolling tally of fatalities, which includes all positive cases after tests, to 34,636 […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — A baby was born with the coronavirus in Russia’s Caucasus region, health officials were quoted by TASS news agency as saying on Sunday, to a mother who is also infected. The birth in the North Ossetia city of Beslan follows one in mid-April in Peru, which health officials there said was the second known case of a COVID-19 positive newborn worldwide. In North Ossetia, “a pregnant woman was infected by […]
(Eagle News) – Filipinos in Sweden and Finland may now avail of consular services from the Philippine Embassy in Stockholm, following its reopening on Friday, May 15. “Eight years after it closed the embassy in Sweden, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has reopened the Philippine Embassy in Stockholm and will initially start offering consular services to Filipinos in Sweden and Finland,” the DFA said in a statement. According to the DFA, consular services in […]
by Danny KEMP Agence France Presse THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — A vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be ready in a year’s time under an “optimistic” scenario, based on trials that are underway, the European Medicines Agency said Thursday. The Amsterdam-based EU agency also played down fears expressed by the WHO that the virus might never go away, saying it would be “surprised” if a vaccine was not found eventually. “We can see […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France on Thursday reported 351 new coronavirus deaths in hospitals and nursing homes as its overall toll from the pandemic hit 27,425. The latest data did not reflect a precise picture of the last 24 hours as it included two days of deaths in nursing homes, which were not included in the toll the day earlier. Over the last day, 123 people died in hospitals while over the last 48 hours […]
by Sam KINGSLEY Agence France Presse HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) — Finnish school children began returning to class on Thursday after eight weeks of coronavirus lockdown despite warnings from the teacher’s union it may not be totally safe for staff or children. The reopenings see pupils back at school for just over two weeks before the summer holidays begin in early June, with strict social distancing rules in place. Break times will be staggered to […]
