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Early COVID-19 drug treatment trial shows promise, needs more study

More than half of 53 severely ill COVID-19 patients treated with remdesivir showed improvement, but further information needed to determine its potential, experts say.

Russia

Moscow shutdown extended as mayor warns: 'things are getting worse'

Sergey Sobyanin says that the number of people in Russia's capital admitted to hospital with COVID-19 has risen from 500 to 1,300 per day.

Turkey

Turkey's last-minute two-day curfew brings thousands to streets

Istanbul residents surged to convenience stores before the government clarified that 'essential services' would remain open.

World News

Analysis: Is there a deadly societal divide with COVID-19?

COVID-19 is often described as a disease that doesn't discriminate. Euronews' political editor Darren McCaffrey looks at whether that is true.

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What future will millenials have after COVID-19? | Culture Clash

With most of Europe locked down and the global economy in free fall, millennials are being hit hard by the crisis. But are their futures being sacrificed to contain the virus?

World News

How have European newspapers been covering the coronavirus crisis?

In these unprecedented times, we take a look at the headlines across Europe.

World News

Bill Gates warned we were not ready for the next pandemic

Bill Gates warned we were not ready for the next pandemic, here’s how he says we should respond now

Romania

The region with more coronavirus cases than anywhere in Romania

Military doctors have arrived in Suceava and say conditions in the hospital are similar to "a war".

Economy

Dombrovskis: Fiscal support to non-Eurozone countries a possibility

It comes after EU countries agreed a €500 billion coronavirus rescue package.

World

UNHCR warns social and economic consequences of pandemic may be worse than health impact

Filippo Grandi says refugees who live in a precarious situation are likely to be among the first to suffer, if the pandemic causes a global recession.

World News

This week in pictures: life under the spectre of coronavirus pandemic

Confinement lifestyle becomes new norm around the world. Check the 15 best images of this week

Business Planet

Europe’s industrial clusters mobilise to fight coronavirus

European industrial clusters are particularly active in the fight against COVID-19.

Ireland

Coronavirus restrictions in Ireland extended until 5 May

"Every sacrifice that we make is helping to save lives," Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said whilst announcing that the restrictions will be extended another three weeks, until May 5th.

The Cube

Explaining the need for social distancing using ping pong balls

Experts have been getting creative in trying to explain how contagious COVID-19 is and why it is important to practice social distancing.

World News

Euroviews. COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate against refugees with disabilities. Neither should our response ǀ View

Security Council members vowed to do their best to make sure that the needs of people with disabilities were part in the humanitarian response in Syria and beyond. Now that the world is trying to defeat COVID-19, here’s your chance to make good on that promise.

Belarus

Football for dummies: Belarus clubs replace fans with mannequins

They don't chant, they don't move, they mostly wear the wrong colors - but for cash-strapped clubs they are model fans.

Germany

Germany flies in seasonal workers with strict coronavirus precautions

On Thursday two planeloads of Eastern European farmhands arrived in Berlin and Dusseldorf, undergoing health checks before departure and upon arrival.

World News

Euroviews. The EU could face a worse pandemic than COVID-19 if it waters down its Green Deal ǀ View

The already devastating economic impact of the coronavirus has led to a slump in carbon emissions. But governments are waiting with to kick-start their economies. Once the virus subsides, a race to repair the global economy will begin.

World

Grain-wave: London bakery broadcasts free lessons during lockdown

Is this the Great Online Bake-off? Tens of thousands dust off their aprons and tune into the bread boffins from London. Classes so far have included step-by-step guides for doughnuts, pretzels and sourdough bread.

USA

Coronavirus cases in New York likely came from Europe, two studies say

Coronavirus has been circulating in New York for months and likely came from Europe, genome researchers have said.