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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.

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.

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.

Travel News

The 6 airlines with the highest COVID safety ratings

Feeling anxious about travelling by air again? Airlines are upping their game when it comes to COVID. These are rated the safest options.

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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.

World News

In Africa, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy adds to slow rollout of doses

Malawi and South Sudan have said in recent days they will destroy some of their doses.

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.

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.

World

What will the world look like after the pandemic?

Three experts from the fields of global history, social science and economics give their insight into recovery after the pandemic, if and how it will change our lives and how coronavirus compares to previous fast-spreading diseases known to man.

Europe Decoded

Twitter obliges as India asks for the removal of critical COVID posts

The removed tweets were published by journalists, opposing politicians, lawmakers as well as other prominent figures.

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.

Italy

How does Italy plan to spend its €222bn share of COVID recovery cash?

The country has the biggest share of the European Union's €750 billion pandemic recovery fund.

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.

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.

Spain

Man arrested in Mallorca for allegedly infecting 22 people with COVID

Spanish police said a man in Mallorca went about his "normal life" despite COVID-19 symptoms and a PCR test, eventually infecting 22 people with the virus.

India

India sets another global daily record of 346,000 COVID-19 cases

India reported 346,786 new coronavirus cases in a day. The country has reported more than 16 million infections since the beginning of the pandemic.

Germany

Angela Merkel defends 'tough' emergency COVID-19 measures

Germany's parliament passed new nationwide rules to limit the spread of COVID-19.

USA

US resumes Johnson & Johnson vaccinations despite clot reports

US regulators recommended restarting vaccinations with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 jab, saying they are confident it is "safe and effective".

Cinema

It's the Oscars, Jim, but not as we know it.

This year's event was prepared remotely meaning that actors and directors did not get the chance to schmooze their way to the top spots. As a result, Oscar-watchers expect a different kind of Academy Awards on Sunday.

World News

Merkel wants more EU self-reliance over Covid-19 vaccine production

German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to see more EU self-reliance in the pharmaceutical sector after Covid-19 vaccine supply worries