Categories EU Too EARLY to talk about positive trend on Covid-19 infection rate despite dropping figures, Germany’s public health chief warns Posted on Posted onApril 8, 2020April 8, 2020By Editor Health officials need more time to determine whether a decrease in the daily rate of new Covid-19 patients is a long-lasting trend in Germany, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) head has said. … Read More >Too EARLY to talk about positive trend on Covid-19 infection rate despite dropping figures, Germany’s public health chief warns
Categories EU Coronavirus deaths in France surpass 10,000 Posted on Posted onApril 7, 2020April 7, 2020By Editor The death toll in France from Covid-19 has now exceeded 10,000, with 607 patients dying in hospitals in the last 24 hours, according to the country’s director general of health. … Read More >Coronavirus deaths in France surpass 10,000
Categories EU Lockdown in France will last as long as ‘it needs to’ as peak of pandemic not yet reached – French health minister Posted on Posted onApril 7, 2020April 7, 2020By Editor France’s health minister has said it is far too early to discuss easing the strict nationwide lockdown as the deadly Covid-19 pandemic still has not reached its peak in the country. … Read More >Lockdown in France will last as long as ‘it needs to’ as peak of pandemic not yet reached – French health minister
Categories EU Privacy-minded Germans wary as Berlin develops nationwide Covid-19 tracking app & calls for EU-wide system Posted on Posted onApril 7, 2020April 7, 2020By Editor Germany is pushing for the creation of a smartphone app that will monitor Covid-19 cases across the European Union. Its own plan to create a nationwide system has already raised eyebrows. … Read More >Privacy-minded Germans wary as Berlin develops nationwide Covid-19 tracking app & calls for EU-wide system
Categories EU ‘Gradual resurrection’: Austria to reopen small businesses in mid-April as govt eyes roll-back of Covid-19 restrictions Posted on Posted onApril 6, 2020April 6, 2020By Editor Small shops and markets in Austria could reopen under certain conditions next week, although tight lockdown restrictions will remain in place, the country’s chancellor has said, while other businesses could follow next month. … Read More >‘Gradual resurrection’: Austria to reopen small businesses in mid-April as govt eyes roll-back of Covid-19 restrictions
Categories EU Swedish minister’s ‘Russian trolls’ fanning 5G fears turn out to be… anti-radiation activists led by local granny Posted on Posted onApril 6, 2020April 6, 2020By Editor Sweden’s digitization minister blamed a flurry of anti-5G comments on the usual suspect – “Russian trolls” – but a closer look revealed that a local granny opposed to wireless radiation was behind the campaign. … Read More >Swedish minister’s ‘Russian trolls’ fanning 5G fears turn out to be… anti-radiation activists led by local granny
Categories EU Spanish PM says EU survival is at stake in war against coronavirus as Spain becomes Europe’s most infected nation Posted on Posted onApril 6, 2020April 6, 2020By Editor As Spain becomes Europe’s most infected country, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has sent a forceful message to Brussels, warning that the European Union will fail if it gets its handling of the Covid-19 crisis wrong. … Read More >Spanish PM says EU survival is at stake in war against coronavirus as Spain becomes Europe’s most infected nation
Categories EU A glimmer of hope in Italy, as fewer patients in intensive care for the first time & daily death toll declines Posted on Posted onApril 5, 2020April 5, 2020By Editor The number of coronavirus patients in intensive care has fallen in Italy for the first time since the outbreak began, while the number of new deaths also declined slightly, but remains high at 681 cases in 24 hours … Read More >A glimmer of hope in Italy, as fewer patients in intensive care for the first time & daily death toll declines
Categories EU US snatches masks from Germany in act of ‘modern piracy’ – Berlin senator Posted on Posted onApril 3, 2020April 3, 2020By Editor With Covid-19 infections climbing, Washington has diverted shipments of vital protective masks from its allies in Germany and Canada to the US. A Berlin senator described the move as “modern piracy.” … Read More >US snatches masks from Germany in act of ‘modern piracy’ – Berlin senator
Categories EU Resistance was in vain: Sweden postpones massive Aurora 20 military drills due to Covid-19 crisis Posted on Posted onApril 3, 2020April 3, 2020By Editor Sweden has decided to indefinitely delay its Aurora 20 military drills, after allies reportedly pulled out over the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. The Scandinavian nation’s troops initially said it was against canceling the exercises. … Read More >Resistance was in vain: Sweden postpones massive Aurora 20 military drills due to Covid-19 crisis
