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Belgium hospital employs robot to protect against spread of COVID-19

A hospital in Antwerp is using a polyglot robot to screen patients for coronavirus symptoms and make sure they’re wearing masks.

World

Nurses on COVID-19 frontline 'need more mental health support'

Nurses need more support to cope mentally with the #COVID-19 pandemic, says Howard Catton, who heads up the International Council of Nurses.

Europe News

Irish government under fire over COVID-19 deaths in care homes

Community care facilities including nursing homes now account for nearly two thirds of Ireland's COVID-19 deaths, recent figures show.

World

EU foreign policy chief wants more federalised healthcare approach

Josep Borrell, the European Union Minister for Foreign Affairs, has told Euronews that the COVID-19 pandemic has made health a security issue - and a more federalised approach is now called for.

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United Kingdom

UK charities urge government to better protect under pressure carers

More than 100 organisations, unions and think tanks have published an open letter urging politicians across the UK to act to protect carers from what it describes as a ‘growing poverty crisis’.

United Kingdom

Why is the UK's COVID-19 death toll higher than other EU countries?

One expert has told Euronews it's because the UK did not lock down quickly enough.

France

Caregivers provide key lifeline to elderly and disabled amid pandemic

In France, workers providing essential care to elderly and disabled people throughout the coronavirus pandemic have been battling a shortage of personal protective equipment. Euronews spent a day with one of them.

Russia

Russia hits new daily COVID-19 record as hospitals struggle to cope

Russia registered a record increase in COVID-19 cases on Sunday. But some say official data is still underestimating the scale of the outbreak.

USA

COVID-19 cases in the US have now passed the one million mark

COVID-19 cases in the US pass the one million mark and more Americans have lost their lives to the disease than died during the Vietnam War.

Sweden

Sweden's coronavirus strategy: Are the elderly paying the price?

One-in-three coronavirus-related death in Sweden has happened in care facilities for the elderly.

Russia

'It's torture': Moscow's elderly struggling to cope during lockdown

“Old people have to stay between four walls most of the time anyway, so not letting us go out at all is torture,” said pensioner Nina.

United Kingdom

A mostly virtual Westminster reopens amidst PPE shortage debacle

MPs return to work but most are attending the Commons' sessions remotely. The speaker assures those not in the Chamber won't be at a disadvantage as debates will centre on the shortage of personal protective equipment for healthcare workers.

Spain

'Move out!' Spanish healthcare workers threatened by neighbours

Healthcare workers in Spain as in other European countries have been receiving threatening notes form their neighbours. They accuse caregivers of spreading the virus and are afraid their presence may mean they could catch COVID-19.

Germany

'There are vultures out there': Police thwart €2.38m face mask scam

€2.38 million euros were paid up front for masks that never arrived. Two arrests have been made in the Netherlands, and more are expected, says Interpol.

World

Companies race to churn out masks and ventilators amid COVID-19 pandem

As governments scramble to buy the masks and ventilators they need to fight the coronavirus pandemic, companies trying to keep up with demand are facing logistical challenges.

World

COVID-19 survivors bring hope and purpose to Spanish hospital workers

Spain is among the countries worst hit by the coronavirus crisis, but the number of patients recovering from COVID-19 far outnumbers the casualties. Among them are thousands of hospital workers now returning to the frontline to fight the pandemic.

World

Baby blues as some mothers separated from newborn amid COVID-19 fears

You’re finding self-isolation hard? Some parents are now being separated from their babies immediately after birth.

World News

Euroviews. Globalisation is no longer business as usual. Coronavirus has changed how the world works ǀ View

This virus has created mayhem the world over, threatening to topple globalisation itself, the organising system of free markets, free trade, free financial flows and free movement of people that has been dominating the planet since the end of the Cold War.

France

#WeApplaud: Hashtag launched to show solidarity to health workers

Numerous hashtags have been launched including #OnApplaudit and #TousAlaFenêtre, calling on people across France to take to their windows on the first night of the shutdown to applaud healthcare workers.

China

Coronavirus: Five myths about the deadly illness busted

You can't stave it off with garlic or sesame oil - and please, leave those pets alone.

5 February 2020