MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain on Tuesday confirmed nearly 2,000 new cases of COVID-19, sending the total spiraling past 11,000, with 491 deaths, the health ministry said. Spain is the fourth worst-hit country in the world after China, Italy, and Iran, with numbers rising rapidly despite an unprecedented national lockdown, with the government ordering its 46 million population to stay home. Over the past 24 hours, the number of people infected rose by 1,987, hiking […]
Europe
Dutch PM Mark Rutte asks citizens to look out for one another
by Emily Manuel Contributor, Eagle News The Netherlands (Eagle News) — On March 16, 2020, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte addressed the nation to discuss the state of affairs concerning the coronavirus. This is the first national address by a prime minister in over 40 years. According to PM Rutte, the measures that the government has taken so far have been guided by scientific experts. “The reality is that in the near future a large […]
COVID-19 Update: the Netherlands
by Malou Francisco and Alexandra Megia Eagle News NETHERLANDS (EAGLE NEWS) — On March 15, two o’clock in the afternoon, Central European Time, a total of 1,135 people who tested positive with the COVID-19 virus. In light of this, Dutch government has taken new measures in response to the pressures from the medical specialists and educators. March 16 — all schools and daycare centers in the Netherlands are to be shut down till April 6, […]
COVID-19 Update: Spain
by Lyn Tumbaga Diaz and Alexandra Megia Eagle News Service SPAIN (Eagle News) — Spain is officially on lockdown. From March 14 to March 28, this 15-day lockdown is to help curb the spreading of COVID-19. With 7,753 out of Spain’s 46.66 million (.01% +/-) residents are infected with COVID-19, self-quarantine is in affect for all households. Residents are only allowed to leave their households: -To obtain, food, medicine, and basic necessities -To obtain medical […]
Macron ramps up French ‘war’ on coronavirus
by Stuart WILLIAMS and Joseph SCHMID PARIS, France (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday ordered people to stay at home to avoid spreading the new coronavirus, saying only necessary trips would be allowed and violations would be punished. Macron’s orders came as France’s national health agency announced 21 more coronavirus deaths and 1,210 new cases of infection in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 148. In the 20-minute […]
Italy reports 349 new virus deaths, taking total to over 2,000
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy on Monday reported 349 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, taking its total from last month to 2,158, the most after China. The number of official COVID-19 fatalities has more than doubled since Thursday when Italy’s toll topped 1,000 for the first time. Italy now has 27,980 infections, compared to 15,113 four days ago. It has reported more than 700 deaths in two days. Among specific regions, the overwhelming majority […]
Macron orders French to stay home from midday Tuesday
PARIS, France (AFP) — President Emmanuel Macron on Monday ordered people to stay at home from midday Tuesday except for necessary reasons such as shopping, saying any violations of the stricter rules to battle the coronavirus would be punished. In a 20-minute address to the nation, he said the French had to “severely restrict movements for the next 15 days at least” and limit social contacts as much as possible. Any violation of this new […]
Greenland confirms first case of coronavirus
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) — Greenland announced its first case of the novel coronavirus on Monday, as the autonomous Danish Arctic territory brought in restrictions to protect residents from the pandemic. “The first case of the new coronavirus has now been confirmed in Greenland,” according to a local government statement, citing the island’s health service. The infected patient lives in the capital Nuuk, and has been placed in home isolation, the government added. “Preparations have been […]
Luxembourg wants cross-border medics to stay over
LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg (AFP) — Luxembourg on Monday invited the health workers who live outside the duchy and commute in daily to stay overnight during the coronavirus crisis. Germany has already imposed more strict controls on its border and France and Belgium may yet follow suit, which could leave medical staff stranded. Cross-border commuters represent 46 percent of Luxembourg’s salaried workforce and about 62 percent of hard-pressed hospital and healthcare staff. If they are prevented from […]
Emergency powers in virus fight must not be used to quash dissent: UN experts
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Countries going into crisis mode over the spread of the deadly new coronavirus must not use the emergency measures to suppress human rights, a group of independent UN experts insisted Monday. The rights experts, who are appointed by the United Nations but who do not speak on behalf of the world body, said they recognized “the severity of the current health crisis and acknowledge that the use of emergency powers is […]
Hungary announces coronavirus shutdown measures
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AFP) — Hungary became the latest European country to announce drastic restrictions on public life Monday, closing its borders and curtailing movement in a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. “We are closing Hungary’s borders to passenger traffic,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a speech in parliament on Monday. “The international talks to coordinate this is taking place now, this means that in future only Hungarian citizens will be […]
Nearly 1,000 new virus cases in Spain in 24 hours
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain has registered nearly 1,000 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of cases to 8,744, the health ministry said on Monday. Over the same period, the number of deaths rose by nine to 297, the ministry’s emergency coordinator Fernando Simon said. The figure for new cases was lower than weekend numbers when 2,000 infections were detected between Saturday and Sunday and the number of deaths […]
