‘It’s a financial choice’ – Romanian farm workers head west despite coronavirus
Carmen Mocanu, a 51-year-old labourer, has spent most springs for 15 years picking fruit and vegetables on a German farm.
Michelin-starred UK chef sends ready meals to health workers
Michelin-starred British celebrity chef Tom Kerridge is doing his bit to help overworked doctors, nurses and other frontline workers get through the coronavirus emergency by churning out 1,000 ready meals per day.
Rwanda uses drones to help catch lockdown transgressors
Tech-savvy Rwanda is using drones to keep residents of the capital Kigali informed of coronavirus lockdown measures – and help catch those who abuse them.
Polish health minister says postal vote only option for two years
Poland’s health minister said on Friday that elections scheduled for May 10 could go ahead safely despite the coronavirus pandemic if they were done by postal vote.
Syria’s northeast confirms first death from coronavirus: statement
The Kurdish-led administration that runs much of northeastern Syria said it had recorded its first death from the new coronavirus, according to a statement on Friday in which it cited the World Health Organisation.
‘No one is prepared for this’ – Italian doctors fight to keep home patients alive
For doctors in northern Italy, fighting what is still Europe’s worst outbreak of COVID-19, the frontlines have moved beyond hospitals as special teams try to keep patients alive at home, away from the saturated wards where thousands have died.
Serbia sends Kosovo 1,000 test kits in solidarity against coronavirus
Serbia delivered 1,000 coronavirus test kits to Kosovo on Friday, a health official said, in a sign of solidarity despite trade frictions, violent recent history and Kosovo’s failure to gain acceptance by Serbia as an independent country.
In lockdown Britain, ‘Mancunian Motivator’ brings fun and fitness to neighbours
In a suburban enclave on the northeastern fringes of London residents are having their heart rates – and their spirits – lifted by the “Mancunian Motivator.”
Dubai extends 24-hour coronavirus curfew by a week
Dubai, the United Arab Emirates business hub, has extended by one week a 24-hour-a-day curfew imposed as part of a sterilisation drive to control the spread of the coronavirus, the government said in a Twitter post on Friday.
UK govt science adviser confident health service capacity will not be breached
The British government’s top science adviser on Friday said he was confident that the capacity of the National Health Service (NHS) would not be breached during the coronavirus outbreak thanks to measures taken to stem the pace of transmission.
