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BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — German medical experts warned the public to stay disciplined Tuesday after official data offered a mixed picture on the battle against the novel coronavirus since Europe’s biggest economy began a cautious easing of lockdown measures. “Let us continue to stay at home as much as possible, keep observing the restrictions and keep a distance of 1.5 meters from one another,” said Lothar Wieler, president of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain on Tuesday recorded a slight decrease in the number of daily coronavirus deaths with the government set to unveil plans to relax stringent lockdown measures in place since mid-March. The number of fatalities rose by 301 to 23,822 in the previous 24 hours, compared with Monday’s increase of 331, the health ministry said. It is the fifth consecutive day that the number of daily fatalities in Spain — which has […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization’s director-general said Monday that the agency had sounded the highest level of alarm over the novel coronavirus early on, but lamented that not all countries had heeded its advice. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus pointed out that the WHO warned the COVID-19 outbreak constituted a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” on January 30, when there were no deaths and only 82 cases registered outside China. “The world should […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France on Monday reported 437 new deaths from COVID-19 in hospitals and nursing homes over the last 24 hours, marking a rise after lower daily figures in the last days. The latest deaths brought the total toll from the epidemic in the country to 23,293, the health ministry said in a statement. The day earlier, a far lower figure of 242 people was confirmed to have died. The latest figures were […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain on Monday counted another 331 new virus deaths, with the daily toll rising by several dozen from its lowest level in more than a month. The figure lifted the total to 23,521 in Spain, which has suffered the world’s third-highest number of deaths but which on Sunday began easing lockdown conditions, allowing children out to play for the first time in six weeks. Sunday’s toll had dropped to 288 — […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday made his first public appearance in nearly a month after a spell in hospital and several days in intensive care with the novel coronavirus. In a statement outside his Downing Street office, he said Britain was “beginning to turn the tide” in tackling COVID-19 but indicated no immediate lifting of lockdown restrictions. © Agence France-Presse
OSLO, Norway (AFP) — Norway, which says it has the new coronavirus epidemic under control, reopened primary schools to the youngest students on Monday, in another step toward a gradual normalization, though some parents expressed concern. One week after nursery schools, pupils aged six to 10 started returning to their school desks after six weeks of remote learning from home in the Nordic country. Classes were however reduced to a maximum of 15 students. Norway […]
by David HARDING Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain on Sunday reported its lowest daily rise in coronavirus deaths in nearly four weeks as officials confirmed Prime Minister Boris Johnson had returned to Downing Street after recovering from the virus. The number of people who have died rose by 413 to 20,732, officials said on Sunday, the lowest reported daily increase in April. The last time the health department recorded a smaller […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France reported a big fall in its coronavirus toll on Sunday, with 242 deaths in 24 hours, a drop of more than a third on the previous day. The epidemic has now claimed 22,856 lives in the country since the beginning of March, health officials said. The number of deaths in hospitals — 152 — was the lowest daily toll in five weeks, they said, while 90 people died in nursing […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain’s daily coronavirus death toll dropped to 288 on Sunday, the lowest since March 20, as the country eased its lockdown to allow children outside for the first time in six weeks. The health ministry said the figure dropped from 378 on Saturday and brought Spain’s total toll to 23,190, the third highest number of deaths after the United States and Italy. The news came as the country took the […]
by Joe JACKSON Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain on Thursday said another 616 people had died in hospital from the novel coronavirus, as the government detailed a new testing regime that could allow the country to ease its lockdown. The latest death count — recorded in the 24 hours to 1600 GMT on Wednesday — was lower than the 759 from the previous day and follows other signs the virus may […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain said Thursday 440 people died in the past 24 hours from the new coronavirus, a slight increase for the third day running, bringing the overall death toll to 22,157. The country has suffered the third-highest number of deaths in the world from the pandemic after the United States and Italy, with infections now more than 213,000 cases, health ministry figures showed. Spanish health officials believe the epidemic peaked on April […]
