French nursing home learns costly lessons on containing coronavirus
When managers at La Riviera nursing home on France’s Cote D’Azur found out a resident had the COVID-19 virus, they put into action a standard playbook they believed would contain the spread. It did not.
Belgium’s traveller community adjusts to lockdown
With travelling the roads a way of life for the Sinti community, Belgian Etienne Charpentier and his family say that having their freedom restricted due to the coronavirus epidemic is hitting them especially hard.
Bolsonaro asks Justice Minister to consider reopening borders
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday that he spoke to Justice Minister Sergio Moro about reopening the country’s borders, a measure he said he supported.
Poland, Hungary scolded for flouting ‘European values’ during pandemic
The European Union’s (EU) legislature rebuked nationalist-ruled members Poland and Hungary on Friday for flouting “European values” by pressing ahead with an election and assuming extra powers respectively during the coronavirus crisis.
Africa needs more than $200 billion to respond to pandemic, U.N. chief says
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday urged creditors to grant a debt standstill for all developing countries, not just the poorest, warning that many faced debt distress due to a global recession triggered by the coronavirus pand…
In Ecuador pandemic, chronic illnesses are going untreated
Ecuadoreans who suffer chronic illnesses such as cancer and kidney failure are struggling to get treatment amid the coronavirus pandemic as basic supplies go short and hospitals suspend some services to reduce further infections, according to interview…
France defends handling of aircraft carrier coronavirus outbreak
France defended its handling of the spread of the coronavirus through its flagship Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier fleet, after more than a 1,000 sailors tested positive for the disease.
UK was too slow on coronavirus and 40,000 could die, professor says
The British government was too slow to react on several fronts to the novel coronavirus outbreak that could cause the deaths of 40,000 people in the United Kingdom, a leading public health professor told lawmakers on Friday.
UK hospital death toll rises 847 as expert sees only slow decrease ahead
The United Kingdom’s hospital death toll from COVID-19 rose 847 to 14,576, as of 1600 GMT on April 16, the health ministry said.
Helsinki violinist delivers food by bike as city fights coronavirus
The second violinist of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra has been redeployed to help fight the coronavirus crisis – he’s using an electric bike to deliver food to the Finnish capital’s elderly residents.
