Hungary wants EU to scrap duties on imports that help fight virus
Hungary will ask Brussels to scrap all duties on products imported from outside the EU that are used for protection against the coronavirus, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff said on Thursday ahead of a video summit of the bloc’s national le…
Vietnam quarantines tens of thousands in camps amid vigorous attack on coronavirus
Vietnam has sent tens of thousands of people to quarantine camps as waves of overseas citizens return home to escape a coronavirus pandemic spreading in Europe and the United States.
Vietnam to limit gatherings to 20 people to curb coronavirus spread
Vietnam will ban gatherings of more than 20 people at a time for the next two weeks to help curb the spread of coronavirus, the Southeast Asian country’s prime minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, said on Thursday.
U.S. envoy blames China for endangering world with coronavirus
The U.S. ambassador to London has said China had endangered the world by suppressing information about the coronavirus outbreak thus allowing it to spread far beyond the Communist republic’s borders.
Iran has no knowledge of former FBI agent’s whereabouts: official tweets
Iran has no knowledge about the whereabouts of a former FBI agent who disappeared in March 2007 in the Islamic Republic, a spokesman for the Iranian mission at the United Nations tweeted on Thursday, after Robert Levinson’s family said he had died in I…
UK will see steady flow of extra ventilators in coming weeks – junior minister
The British healthcare system will see a steady delivery of 8,000 more ventilators over the coming weeks, junior health minister Edward Argar said on Thursday.
World food security at risk as exporters curb sales, importers buy more
Global food security concerns are mounting with around a fifth of the world’s population already under lockdown to fight the widening coronavirus pandemic that has infected over 470,000 people across 200 countries, killing 21,000.
G20 leaders to convene remotely as coronavirus cases near half a million
Leaders from the Group of 20 major economies will speak by video link on Thursday about combating the coronavirus pandemic and its economic impacts, as global infections top 471,000 with more than 21,000 dead.
Prince Charles did not jump the queue for a coronavirus test, UK says
Britain on Thursday said heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, who has coronavirus, did not jump the queue for a test because his symptoms and condition met the criteria.
No more coffee and cakes: London cafe owner rushes to help health service
The owner of a popular north London cafe is among more than 400,000 people who signed up to help Britain’s National Health Service cope with the coronavirus crisis within 24 hours of a government appeal for volunteers.
