Now playing Next India India surpasses grim milestone of 200,000 COVID deaths amid surge Shahid Jameel, a virologist and director of the Trivedi School of Biosciences at Ashoka University, told Euronews the COVID crisis raging in the country was ultimately due to a "coming together of multiple factors" including that of vaccine hesitancy. 28/04/2021
Now playing Next Netherlands Dutch King's popularity diminished by COVID controversies, poll finds Over the past 12 months, confidence in King Willem-Alexander has plunged from 76 per cent to 57 per cent. 27/04/2021
Now playing Next Belgium Belgium shuts borders to travellers from India, Brazil & South Africa Belgium citizens and residents can fly back from these three countries but will have to submit to quarantine and COVID-19 tests. 27/04/2021
Now playing Next Spain ‘No sign of contagion’ after 5,000 person rock concert in Barcelona Officials said the Love of Lesbian concert held at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona showed no signs of spreading coronavirus among the 5,000 spectators. 27/04/2021
Now playing Next Portugal No new COVID deaths in Portugal for just the second time in pandemic Portugal's COVID-19 death toll stood unchanged on Monday at 16,965 after no deaths were reported over the previous 24 hours. 27/04/2021
Now playing Next Brazil Brazilian regulator rejects use of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine "Due to the lack of consistent and reliable data, Anvisa's Board of directors unanimously decided not to recommend the exceptional importation of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine," the watchdog said on Monday. 27/04/2021
Now playing Next Turkey Turkey announces strictest lockdown so far as virus surges The new coronavirus measures will be the strictest implemented in Turkey since the beginning of the pandemic. 26/04/2021
Now playing Next world news COVID 'putting millions at risk' of other vaccine-preventable diseases Global vaccine programmes need protection to avoid mass outbreaks of diseases other than COVID-19, the World Health Organization has warned. 26/04/2021
Now playing Next India How did India's second COVID wave get this bad? Experts believe India won't reach the peak of this COVID wave until the second week of May, by which time there could be more than half a million cases a day. 26/04/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom BRIT Awards bring 4,000 fans together with no masks and no distancing A number of gatherings have been given the go-ahead for spectators to attend as part of the UK government’s research into safely restarting large events. 26/04/2021
Now playing Next India First shipments of foreign aid arrive in COVID-stricken India For the fourth straight day, India on Sunday set a global daily record of new coronavirus infections (349,691), spurred by an insidious new variant that emerged here. 26/04/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom Six arrested amid massive anti-lockdown protests in London Eight police officers were injured during yesterday's demonstration in the British capital, which up to 10,000 people are thought to have attended. 25/04/2021
Now playing Next Germany Angela Merkel defends 'tough' emergency COVID-19 measures Germany's parliament passed new nationwide rules to limit the spread of COVID-19. 24/04/2021
Now playing Next France France to lift domestic travel restrictions from May 3, says PM Castex "The peak of the third wave of the pandemic seems to be behind us," said Prime Minister Jean Castex as he outlined the first steps of lockdown easing. 22/04/2021
Now playing Next world news Long COVID sufferers describe debilitating symptoms Long COVID has left people suffering with ongoing symptoms like extreme fatigue and brain fog. 22/04/2021
Now playing Next Russia What's it like organising a fashion week amid a pandemic? Most of the shows at Moscow's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia take place offline. According to the organisers, in order not to become breeding grounds for the virus, they had to implement a strict sanitary code and radically limit the number of participants. 22/04/2021
Now playing Next India India shatters the global record for daily COVID-19 infections The enormous number of new cases comes as major hospitals warn of oxygen running out - and many more in search of beds. 22/04/2021
Now playing Next Andorra Latin American leaders call for more vaccines at Andorra summit The region has been disproportionately hit by the pandemic, accounting for nearly 30% of the world's COVID-19 deaths. 22/04/2021
Now playing Next Germany Protests in Berlin as Bundestag approves COVID rules overhaul German legislators have given the green light to an overhaul of coronavirus restrictions as police clashed with demonstrators near the Reichstag. 21/04/2021
Now playing Next world news How European countries reacted differently to AstraZeneca doubts The reactions of governments and citizens in countries across Europe to extremely rare blood clotting events related to the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID vaccine have varied greatly. 20/04/2021