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France

France mulls new restrictions as intensive care units fill up

The situation is particularly worrying in the Paris region, where 1,152 patients were in intensive care on Monday.

Italy

Half of Italy’s regions lockdown again as COVID hospitalisations mount

The strict lockdown measures come amid what the health ministry called a ‘deterioration’ of the coronavirus situation in the country.

Jordan

Six COVID-19 patients die in Jordan hospital due to lack of oxygen

The country's health minister stepped down after the incident, while Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh ordered an investigation into the deaths at the hospital in Salt, 20 kilometres north of the capital Amman.

France

Actor brings political message to César film awards

Actor Corinne Masiero presented the Best Costume Award dressed as a donkey covered in fake blood with "Give us back the art Jean," written on her back as she stripped naked, making a reference to Prime Minister Jean Castex after theatres and cinemas remain closed because of the pandemic.

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World News

WHO says countries should continue using AstraZeneca COVID vaccine

Since last week, more than 10 European countries have halted the use of the jab.

Brazil

WHO urges Brazil to act as COVID deaths hit record high

"We are deeply concerned," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference.

World News

COVID in Europe: Italy and France concerned over rising cases

Italy will tighten its restrictions and the French government is concerned about ICU COVID-19 patients reaching 95% in Paris.

My Europe Series

Are rising cases in vaccination-leading Serbia a warning to the UK?

Serbia has been highlighted as a success story for its vaccination programme, but rising coronavirus cases have health experts worried.

United Kingdom

Body of missing woman Sarah Everard found in woodland, say police

The body of Sarah Everard, who went missing in London on March 3, has been found, police confirm.

Germany

German coronavirus situation 'remains tense' amid rise in infections

Germany has begun exiting lockdown but health officials warned that the situation remains tense amid a rise in infections.

World

Scientists race to find 'universal vaccine' effective against variants

Delphine Guyon-Gellin is the manager of the 'universal vaccine' project at Osivax based in Lyon. She says, "We are targeting a part inside the virus, which is not accessible for the antibodies, so we train the immune system to develop another type of response: a cellular immunity"

World News

One year on, a look back at how COVID-19 upended life in Europe

The lockdown scenes in Wuhan initially seemed completely alien. But the virus raced across the globe, and soon the streets of Europe also became eerily quiet.

World News

France relaxes restrictions for travel to 7 non-EU countries

The border restrictions intended to contain the spread of new coronavirus variants. They have become irrelevant as the British strain now dominates in France.

World News

'Stop fighting each other' on vaccines: WHO official on Euronews

Euronews spoke to WHO's Special Envoy on COVID-19 to look back at the key lessons the world has learned in this pandemic year and the road still ahead to beat the virus.

World News

It's a year since COVID was declared a pandemic. Did WHO act too late?

It's been exactly a year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. By then, the virus was already confirmed in 114 countries.

World News

EU orders extra 4 million vaccine doses from Pfizer-BioNTech

The extra doses will be delivered in the next two weeks as the bloc faces sharp criticism over the slow rollout of vaccinations.

World News

Lockdown generation: Europe's students in despair as pandemic lingers

Euronews looks at the toll the coronavirus pandemic has taken on Europe's students and how governments across the bloc have responded to support their youth.

World News

Biden waits as House set to vote on $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill

The massive package provides up to $1,400 direct payments to most Americans, extended emergency unemployment benefits and hundreds of billions for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.

World News

A majority in France think COVID restrictions are too relaxed - survey

Euronews asked people in France, Germany, Italy and the UK about their attitudes towards COVID-19 restrictions. Here are the results.

Italy

Italy to be first EU country to make Russian Sputnik V vaccine

Italy will become the first EU country to make the Russian vaccine, which is still under review by the European Medicines Agency.