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Lockdowns are 'not going to be over by summer' says health expert

We’re all fed up with lockdowns, but pandemic life probably won’t be over in 2021, a public health expert warns. So how can authorities keep enforcing restrictions?

France

Thousands flout COVID restrictions at carnival in Marseille

It came as more than a dozen départements in France were put under lockdown again to combat a third wave of infections.

USA

AstraZeneca jab 'effective' and 'doesn't increase risk of blood clots'

The early findings from the US study are just one set of information AstraZeneca must submit to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to get its vaccine approved for use in the country.

Germany

Germany poised to extend coronavirus restrictions amid third wave

Chancellor Merkel was due to relax restrictions at a meeting with regional leaders on Monday but a surge in infections has upended those plans.

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USA

Miami imposes coronavirus curfew amid spring break chaos

Hard-partying spring break crowds gathered by the thousands without masks or social distancing.

France

France: New COVID-19 measures beset by technical glitches

Paris just had its first weekend under France's latest limited lockdown. Many Parisians did not know exactly what that meant.

Travel News

Iconic beaches in Rio de Janeiro and Miami are closed to the public

Rio and Florida are known for their long, sweeping beaches but spikes in Coronavirus cases and brawling crowds have led to them being closed.

World News

COVID-19: Protests across Europe rail against pandemic restrictions

Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Romania, Serbia, Poland, France and Britain all saw demonstrations on Saturday against constraints on freedoms, often featuring an element of pandemic denial.

Germany

Far right protest COVID-19 restrictions in German cities

Several thousand people participated in the protests in Kassel.

Japan

Spectators from abroad to be barred from Tokyo Olympic Games, says IOC

Officials justified the widely-anticipated move saying the risk was too great to admit ticket holders from overseas during a pandemic.

World News

New lockdowns begin in France and Poland as COVID-19 infections soar

The measures imposed nationwide in Poland and on a third of the French population, less strict than during the first lockdown a year ago, come amid a surge in cases in much of Europe.

World News

European leaders receive AstraZeneca COVID jab after blood clot scare

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French Prime Minister Jean Castex both received their first dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on Friday.

Russia

As Europe mulls Russia’s Sputnik V jab, how is it going down at home?

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in March that just two million Russians had received both doses of the vaccine, representing less than 2% of the population.

Bulgaria

A week after saying COVID-19 was under control, Bulgaria locks down

“We might appear to make inconsistent decisions,” said Bulgaria's health minister Kostadin Angelov, announcing a tightening of restrictions.

My Europe Series

Limited access to COVID vaccines for Europe's poor: the case of Moldova

Moldova will receive 20% of the country's total COVID-19 vaccine needs through the WHO's co-sponsored COVAX programme. But many more are needed and negotiations with manufacturers are proving to be difficult.

World News

AstraZeneca back-and-forth could sow more doubt on vaccines

Experts fear mixed messaging over AstraZeneca's coronavirus jab could undermine public trust and slow down immunisation campaigns.

Norway

'This is embarrassing': Norway PM breaks own government's COVID rules

Solberg apologised for holding a birthday party last month in a restaurant with 13 people when public gatherings in Norway were limited to 10 people.

Germany

COVID in Europe: 'Not enough vaccines to stop third wave' says Germany

The warning from Jens Spahn comes on the day several countries including Germany resume AstraZeneca vaccinations after a four-day suspension.

France

Algerian passengers 'stuck' at Paris airport due to COVID constraints

A group of 25 have been stranded at Charles de Gaulle airport as they try to reach Algeria, where others also complain of being punished by the country's border closure.

World News

Finland suspends AstraZeneca jab despite European regulator's advice

Finland's public health authority said the jab would be halted "until there is more information and a possible causality can be assessed".