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France to continue coronavirus lockdown while easing some restrictions

French President Emmanuel Macron is likely to allow some businesses to reopen while prolonging restrictions on travel, a government spokesman said.

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Seegene’s molecular diagnosis leads the way in South Korea’s COVID response

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Korea’s capability to control the COVID-19 pandemic has been widely praised. South Korea’s fast turnaround on testing and analysis followed by immediate quarantine and treatment for confirmed cases was regarded as one of the best responses by countries around the world.

World

Spanish NGO eases poverty crisis by collecting millions of pesatas

The crisis created by the coronavirus pandemic will push over a million people into poverty acording to Oxfam. In Spain, food banks are serving 40% more people than last year. Now a charity is converting million worth of Spain's former currency into food for those who need it the most.

United Kingdom

Coronavirus: England arrivals will be able to cut quarantine with test

Passengers arriving in the UK from COVID-19 high-risk areas will soon be able to more than halve their quartine period by taking a private test.

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France

Coronavirus: France postpones Black Friday to help locked down shops

Although the rest of the world will kickstart their end of year shopping on Friday, Black Friday will be held on December 4 in France, after a national lockdown is expected to be lifted.

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Coronavirus: Oxford candidate vaccine is 70% effective, trial shows

The vaccine was 90% effective if administered at a half dose and then at a full dose and 62% effective if administered in two full doses.

Serbia

Thousands mourn Serbia's Patriarch after COVID-19 death

Serbia is currently facing the worst health crisis since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Germany

German foreign minister blasts 'anti-maskers' over Nazism comparisons

Demonstrators in Germany protesting coronavirus restrictions have compared themselves to resistance fighter Sophie Scholl and diarist Anne Frank, both killed by the Nazis.

Saudi Arabia

G20: Calls for worldwide coordinated response to COVID-19 pandemic

World leaders at the first virtual G20 summit, hosted this year by Saudi Arabia, called for COVID-19 vaccines for all countries and globally coordinated response to the coronavirus pandemic.

United Kingdom

Coronavirus: England facing tighter restrictions when lockdown ends

Prime minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce changes to the existing tiered system, putting some parts of England under tighter restrictions after the national lockdown ends on December 2.

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Venezuelans flock to malls for early Black Friday deals amid pandemic

Venezulans flock to shopping centers in the capital to take advantage of an early Black Friday deals as Nicolas Maduro's government relaxes the measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in an effort to boost the economy.

Spain

The show goes on at Madrid's opera house despite coronavirus

While other the doors of theatres around the world have been closed throughout the pandemic, Madrid's Teatro Real has managed to continue performances, offering a brief respite from the reality of the pandemic.

United Kingdom

COVID-19 patients have immunity for six months, study finds

Once infected with Coronavirus, you are unlikely to get it again for six months, according to a report from Oxford University

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Madrid market's makeover after street festival moves due to COVID-19

Shopfronts in a traditional Madrid market got a makeover as part of a reimagined street art festival in the Spanish capital.

World

Italian region launches mass testing programme for COVID-19

Authorities in the north-east region of Alto Adige hope to give antibody tests to 80 per cent of the population over two days.

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Nearly 1m people given two experimental Chinese coronavirus vaccines

As the race to release a viable coronavirus vaccine hots up, a Chinese pharmaceutical company claims to have inoculated nearly a million people against COVID-19 with so far still experimental vaccines.

World

Sweden introduces alcohol curfew as 'superspreader events' are curbed

As outbreaks often begin in crowded and poorly ventilated indoor settings, how important is the closure of pubs & restaurants in curbing the spread of COVID-19?

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People infected with coronarvirus most contagious in first 5 days

A comprehensive new peer-reviewed study shows that people infected with coronavirus were infectious in the first five days, underlining the importance of track and tracing it early.

Mexico

Coronavirus: Mexico becomes 4th country to hit 100,000 COVID-19 deaths

With only 2.5 million tests carried out in a country of 130 million, the pandemic is taking a psychological toll on Mexicans who face a struggle to encourage people to take precautions against the virus.

Ireland

Danish Prime Minister picks new minister after mink culling scandal

Mogens Jensen stepped down after illegally ordering Danish mink farmers to cull their livestock.