English

More about this topic

World

Barking up the right tree? Dogs used to sniff out COVID-19 in Finland

Sniffer dogs are usually used to detect drugs or explosives. But at Helsinki airport in Finland, they're being utilised to test for coronavirus.

World News

Doctors, nurses and health workers 'burning out' amid second wave

Hans Kluge told an emergency meeting that the health workforce was as big a problem now as a lack of ventilators and personal protective equipment was in March.

No Comment

German eatery's bid to host winter guests hit by paritial lockdown

Germany will begin a "lockdown light" on November 2 in an attempt to curb a rising number of COVID-19 infections.

France

Open or closed, allowed or banned? France's new lockdown in summary

France's new lockdown summarised in fewer than 20O words.

ADVERTISEMENT

Sport

Russia wants to keep sports fans in stadiums despite coronavirus

Russia has allowed thousands of people to attend sporting events in recent weeks including Champions League games and an F1 race.

France

Coronavirus: French PM Castex gives details on new lockdown measures

France's COVID-19 deaths are currently at the highest level since the peak of the pandemic in April.

Italy

Woman bids to end 'harrowing pain' of COVID-19 victims dying 'alone'

"If our suffering may help others not to experience the same harrowing pain ... it would soothe our wounds," Maurizia told Euronews.

No Comment

Israel Philharmonic performs outside Knesset to protest COVID measures

They played to stand against the government's decision to keep concert halls under lockdown.

Europe News

French MEP goes on hunger strike over 'ridiculous' EU budget

Talks over the EU's trillion-euro coronavirus recovery, which includes the EU budget, have been deadlocked between MEPs and the European Council over issues including the total amount, and the various cuts to EU policies.

World

Czech demonstrators say government measures are 'impoverishing nation'

An anti-riot squad intervened, forming a barrier to keep large groups of protesters apart.

Czech Republic

Meet the Czech volunteers helping out in hospitals amid COVID-19 surge

Hundreds of Czechs are in training to become healthcare volunteers as a new wave of COVID-19 threatens to overwhelm hospitals.

United Kingdom

COVID-19: 100,000 people infected daily in England, study finds

Scientists at Imperial College London estimated that there are about 96,000 new cases of COVID-19 in England every day and that the outbreak is doubling every nine days.

No Comment

Shop and restaurant owners in Italy protest coronavirus restrictions

Shop and restaurant owners staged protests against coronavirus restrictions all over Italy on Wednesday.

France

France will go into a new lockdown from Friday, says Emmanuel Macron

The lockdown will run until December 1. France's international borders will remain mostly closed and mandatory rapid testing would be introduced for anyone coming entering the country, said Macron. The new measures will be reassessed every 15 days to see if they are working, he added.

Germany

Germany to begin partial lockdown from November 2, says Angela Merkel

No more than ten people should convene at one time and contact is set to be limited to two households.

World News

European holidaymakers to blame for COVID second wave: health expert

"Anybody who drives down the motorways in France in August will see the lines of Dutch caravans moving south, almost like a migration of animals in Africa," Martin McKee, Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, tells Euronews.

World News

Nearly 200 European airports at risk of insolvency, warns new report

A report by ACI Europe has warned that around 200 European airports are at risk of insolvency due to a loss in air traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Europe News

Rapid tests could be 'game-changer' in EU's coronavirus response, says Michel

The European Council president Charles Michel is setting out a strategy to get Europe to coordinate its efforts in the battle against the pandemic, however, the second wave is forcing many countries to lockdown.

World

Melbourne celebrates the end of a gruelling four-month lockdown

After 112 days, the Australian city of Melbourne has lifted its coronavirus lockdown.

Europe News

Nurses with COVID-19 asked to carry on working at Belgian hospital

"There's nothing but bad solutions because that's the point we are reaching now," said Dr Alexander Ghuysen, head of the emergency department at the hospital in Liege.