Portugal to lift coronavirus state of emergency from May 3
Portugal’s lockdown, which shut most non-essential services last month to contain the spread of the coronavirus, will be lifted gradually from May 3, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said on Tuesday.
France will not lift lockdown May 11 unless new virus infections drop below 3,000 per day: PM
France will not end its nationwide lockdown unless the number of new cases of coronavirus infection drops below 3,000 per day, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe told parliament on Tuesday.
French PM: high school students will have to wear masks
French secondary school pupils returning to school next month after a coronavirus lockdown will be required to wear masks, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Tuesday.
Spain set to announce regional roadmap for lockdown easing
The Spanish government was expected to outline on Tuesday how regions can begin phasing out one of Europe’s toughest lockdowns as the daily death toll from the coronavirus fell to 301, less than a third of a record high of 950 in early April.
French PM: It’s time to ease virus lockdown
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Monday that a lockdown imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic had saved 62,000 lives in a month, but that keeping the restrictions in place would mean risking economic collapse.
Factbox: France’s blueprint for emerging from coronavirus lockdown
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe presented on Tuesday plans to unwind, from May 11, a nationwide lockdown that has been in place since mid-March.
France to widen COVID-19 testing programme: PM
France will implement a new doctrine on COVID-19 testing from May 11 with the aim of testing everyone who has come into contact with people who are infected, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe told parliament.
At least three inmates dead after Peruvian prison riot over coronavirus
At least three inmates died following a Peruvian prison riot over the demand for better sanitary measures and coronavirus medical care, the country’s prison authority said late on Monday.
UK on track for one of Europe’s worst virus death tolls
Britain is on track to record one of the worst coronavirus death tolls in Europe, after data published on Tuesday showed nationwide fatalities topped 24,000 nine days ago.
In Italy, four generations survive a coronavirus lockdown
Even in Italy, where extended family relations run deep, Marzio Toniolo’s tale of a coronavirus lockdown is unusual – four generations cooped up in one house.
