Nearly one million people globally have died of COVID-19

As the death toll due to COVID-19 hits nearly one million, experts say it's likely that another million could die from the disease before a vaccine is found.

LIFE AFTER LOCKDOWN

How will COVID-19 change Europe?

Women stand in a suburb Paris metro train wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus in Paris, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020.

Good Morning Europe

'We're going to have to learn to live with virus,' says EU health boss

"After restrictions were lifted, in many countries people felt that they wanted to go back to what they felt was their normal lives," said EU health chief Stella Kyriakides. "This is not possible."

World

Here's how to properly wear your COVID-19 face mask

Treat your mask like your underwear — change it every day. Euronews spoke to an expert to see what habits you should adopt with your COVID-19 mask.

Euronews international correspondent Anelise Borges reports from outside a school in Paris.

France

French children head back to school as infections rise

They've lost months of classroom time due to the coronavirus pandemic. With their backpacks, hand sanitizer – and for many, mandatory face coverings – millions of children have returned to their classrooms in France and Belgium.

Sebastien Latz, director of French wine producer MDCV, inspects bottles of rosé at Chateau des Bertrands vineyard in Le Cannet-des-Maures, in the Provence region, Oct 2019

France

Life after lockdown: how COVID-19 nearly destroyed French Rosé

"We lost two months of sales. Up to 50% of our usual turnover," wine producer Jean Simonet told Euronews. His domain, Château Grand Boise, relies mostly on restaurants to buy up its stock.

EXPLAINER

Bringing clarity to coronavirus complexity

A health worker takes a nasal swab of a person for a COVID-19 test at a hospital in New Delhi, India

World

Coronavirus: Latest data on new COVID-19 infections and deaths

The latest data on the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus

World

These animations show how COVID-19 has spread in key countries

Our data visualisations reveal how COVID-19 has evolved in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, the UK, Iran, China and the US.

Conspiracy theorists link 5G to the coronavirus

Culture Clash

What is the truth behind the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory?

Conspiracy theorists believe 5G is to blame for the rapid spread of COVID-19. Are they right?

Lothar H. Wieler, president of the Robert-Koch-Institute, addresses the media on the current status of the spread of the new coronavirus, Berlin, Germany, April 30 2020

Germany

What is the R value and how might it signal a second wave in Germany?

All eyes are on Germany's R value. But what is it and why is it key in terms of when to lift lockdown?

In pictures: the new normal as lockdown measures ease in Europe

The first customers seen at Chabert et Fils restaurant in Lyon after France allowed bars and eateries to reopen

A MEP takes a mobile phone ‘selfie’ with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, both wearing protective masks at the European Parliament. Brussels, Belgium

Friends greet each other with their feet, a gesture also know as the 'Wuhan Shake', as they meet for lunch at Markthalle Neun in Kreuzberg district. Berlin, Germany

A woman visits the Hall of Mirrors at Chateau de Versailles near Paris, during its reopening day on June 6, 2020 after weeks of closure

A carousel closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Madrid, Spain

Young people stranded due to the coronavirus in Panama two months ago, arrive with their surf boards at Frankfurt airport, Germany

People in masks are seen in La Defense financial district in Paris, France

A clothes shop in Paris offers a variety of face masks. France, May 2020

German delegates attend a meeting of Hamburg’s state Parliament with their seats individually separated by Plexiglas panels

Sculptures at Paris' Trocadero have been decorated with masks

European Diaries

Maxime is a French citizen who delivers food to the homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic.

France

Video diary: how COVID-19 helped a community to feed the homeless

Spain

Video diary: how a professional triathlete keeps fit in lockdown

Latest

A man wearing a mask to curb the spread of the coronavirus walks past a woman doing a yoga pose for photos in Beijing on Thursday, July 2, 2020

World

Coronavirus: Women are better at fighting the virus than men: study

Women are better at fighting coronavirus than men - and researchers think they know why

Thailand

Are bats to blame for COVID-19? Researchers are trying to find out

Customers receive temperature check at a restaurant in Hong Kong Tuesday, April 14, 2020.

World

COVID-19 symptoms: What are anosmia, chilblains, and enanthem?

More news

business planet

Rethinking tourism after COVID-19

Business Planet takes a look at Europe's tourism sector, one of the hardest hit by the coronavirus restrictions, to find out what the EU is doing to help and ask how the sector moves forward.

25/09/2020

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced new measures on Thursday

United Kingdom

How the UK's borrowing has ballooned since its coronavirus lockdown

New figures released by the UK's statistics agency on Friday show the country has been borrowing record levels of money over the summer

25/09/2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday another two-week nationwide lockdown

World

Lockdowns 'cannot be sustained': five criteria for long-term response

A new study by the Lancet has identified key factors to help countries which 'seek to balance various health, social, and economic concerns' as 'lockdowns and other extreme restrictions cannot be sustained for the long term'."

25/09/2020

Workers of a nursing home "DomusVi Arturo Soria" hold a minute of silence in support of the social and health sector and its workers in Madrid, Spain

World

Which countries in Europe are experiencing a second wave of COVID-19?

There is much talk of a second wave of coronavirus in Europe. But what does the data tell us?

25/09/2020

A cargo ship approaches the port of Piraeus as other ships are anchored, near Athens, Greece in this May 26, 2020 file photo.

World

COVID-19 and red tape is keeping thousands of mariners stuck at sea

More than 300,000 mariners are still stranded, waiting for replacement crew. Around as many are waiting on shore, trying to get back to work.

25/09/2020

Yin Weidong, CEO of the Chinese pharmaceutical company SinoVac, speaks to journalists during a tour of a vaccine factory in Beijing on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020.

China

COVID-19 vaccine 'will be ready by early 2021', says Chinese company

Yin Weidong, the CEO of SinoVac, said he was confident that the vaccine would be available in the European Union.

25/09/2020

People receive COVID-19 tests at a mobile testing center in Marseille, France, Thursday Sept. 24, 2020.

World

Coronavirus: New infections reach record highs in Britain and France

More than 16,000 new COVID-19 cases were registered in France over the previous 24 hours, while 6,632 new infections were observed in the UK.

24/09/2020

Finland

'Corona dogs' deployed at Helsinki airport to sniff out COVID-19

According to studies, dogs can pick up COVID-19, even in asymptomatic people, with a success rate ranging to 94 to 100 per cent.

24/09/2020

Cry like a boy

Pandemic creates ‘historic moment’ to end macho culture

As Covid-19 reshapes everyday lives, gender experts argue that men and boys are facing less pressure to be swaggering and sexist, creating a powerful opportunity for change in the wake of the #MeToo movement. #CryLikeABoy

24/09/2020

Rishi Sunak talks with the CEO of Worcester Bosch, Carl Arntzen, left, during a visit to Worcester Bosch factory to promote the initiative, Plan for Jobs

United Kingdom

UK announces new jobs support measures to replace furlough scheme

The British government will subsidise wages for workers whose hours are cut due to COVID-19 restrictions.

24/09/2020

A nurse inside the Intensive Care Unit attends to a patient with COVID-19 in the Clinic for Infectious Diseases, in Pristina, Kosovo, Sept. 21, 2020.

World

COVID-19: Restrictive measures not 'working as intended' in Europe

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control called on member states to implement targeted measures as soon as possible to tackle a "worrying increase" in COVID-19 cases.

24/09/2020

Residents wait in line at a foodbank in one of Spain's most impoverished districts.

Good Morning Europe

Working class neighbourhoods hit hard by Madrid lockdown

The bridge divides the Puente de Vallecas neighbourhood from the rest of Madrid looks like a proper frontier. Passports and visas aren't required, but police stand on both sides to check who comes and who goes.

24/09/2020

A track and tracing app for England and Wales has been launched four months late.

United Kingdom

UK: Troubled COVID-19 track and trace app launched four months late

The app was originally set for release in May but was hit by development problems, forcing the government to U-turn and use Apple-Google software instead.

24/09/2020

Belgium

COVID-19: Belgium eases restrictions despite rising infection rate

Coronavirus numbers have been on the rise in Belgium, with infections rising dramatically in the past week by 65 per cent.

24/09/2020

Marseille's First Deputy Mayor Benoit Payan

France

Marseille and Paris hit out over tightening of COVID-19 restrictions

Bars and restaurants in Marseille and Guadeloupe, where there are currently more than 250 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population, will have to shut from Saturday.

23/09/2020

People demonstrate in Copenhagen, Denmark, Wednesday Aug. 1, 2018, as the new ban on garments covering the face is implemented.

World

Has COVID-19 destroyed the case for banning the burqa in Europe?

In France, you can be fined for both covering your face (with a burqa) and not covering your face (protecting against the spread of coronavirus).

23/09/2020

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 24, 2020 file photo, a volunteer receives an injection at the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg.

World

Experts say public confidence key to distributing COVID-19 vaccine

With scientists racing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, leaders face the unprecedented challenge of manufacturing and distributing a vaccine worldwide. Euronews will speak to some of the world's leading experts to find out what hurdles we face and what solutions can be found.

23/09/2020