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Coronavirus: Netherlands launches COVID-19 mass testing program amid new strain fears
Residents of a Dutch town filed into a sports hall Wednesday to take part in the country's first mass coronavirus testing program, which aims to find ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: Germany will have COVID-19 restrictions beyond January: Minister
Germany will not be able to lift all measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus at the beginning of February, Health Minister Jens Spahn ... Coronavirus -
As vaccines gain ground, revenge consumerism on the way: Experts
Over the past couple of months, COVID-19 transmission picked up pace. Europe reported 25 million cases last week, and remains the pandemic’s epicenter ... Coronavirus -
Domestic violence grows, as male ego bruising spreads
As countries take steps to curtail the spread of COVID-19, we are bracing ourselves for another dark and gloomy winter. Many countries have chosen ... Opinion -
Malaysia’s king declares state of emergency to curb spread of COVID-19
Malaysia’s King Al-Sultan Abdullah declared a state of emergency across the country on Tuesday to curb the spread of COVID-19, after consenting to a ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: UAE surgeons record demand for ‘lockdown plastic surgeries’ in 2020
The UAE’s plastic surgery business skyrocketed in 2020, as unprecedented demand for nip and tucks grew among remote workers taking advatage of ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: UK PM Boris Johnson plans COVID-19 testing for overseas visitors
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday his government would soon demand COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from overseas to stop the ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: Germany agrees to extend lockdown until Jan 31
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that she has agreed with state governors to extend the country’s current lockdown by three weeks until ... Coronavirus -
How coronavirus lockdowns can boost innovation
As the slew of vaccines emerging in record time indicates, there is much truth to the maxim “necessity is the mother of all invention.”Where ... Middle East -
Coronavirus: Italy under fresh restrictions over Christmas, New Year
Italy, one of the countries worst hit by the coronavirus, will be placed under new restrictions over the Christmas and New Year periods, according to ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: Parts of Sydney on lockdown as Australian COVID-19 cluster expands
Parts of Sydney were heading into a fresh lockdown on Saturday as officials in Australia’s most populous city said they hoped the restrictions would ... Coronavirus -
Man breaks COVID-19 lockdown rules, rides jet-ski to visit girlfriend in Isle of Man
A lovesick Scottish man who bought a jet-ski so he could evade lockdown measures to visit his girlfriend in the Isle of Man has been jailed for ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus pandemic cut world carbon dioxide emissions by 7 pct in 2020
A locked-down pandemic-struck world cut its carbon dioxide emissions this year by 7 percent, the biggest drop ever, new preliminary figures show.Read ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: Greece registers new record of COVID-19 deaths
Greek authorities announced a record 121 deaths from the coronavirus over the past 24 hours on Saturday.The total number of deaths since the start of ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: London to be in second highest COVID risk category when lockdown ends
London will be placed into the second highest COVID-19 risk category when a national lockdown ends on December 2, while much of England remains under ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: Six-day lockdown declared in South Australia after virus outbreak
South Australia on Wednesday declared a six-day lockdown to stamp out what the state premier described as a highly contagious outbreak of the ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: Greece to re-enter lockdown as COVID-19 resurges
Greece will re-enter a lockdown from Saturday for three weeks to battle a second wave of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: No alternative to lockdown in England, says British PM Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Monday say there is no alternative but to lock down England as lawmakers prepare to vote on measures to ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: Germany’s police deployed to hunt out COVID lockdown breakers
Germany plans to deploy thousands of federal police officers across the country to enforce toughened coronavirus restrictions from Monday, including ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: Israel returns to COVID-19 lockdown as cases spike
Israel entered a second nationwide lockdown on Friday at the onset of the Jewish high-holiday season, forcing residents to stay mostly at home amid a ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus lockdown: People sleeping longer, more regularly, but worse, says study
People are sleeping for longer and more regularly under coronavirus lockdown than before, but the quality of sleep has deteriorated, according to ... Coronavirus -
Second coronavirus wave may be prevented with face masks: Study
Population-wide facemask use could push COVID-19 transmission down to controllable levels for national epidemics and could prevent further waves of ... Coronavirus -
New York City is on track to lift coronavirus restrictions on June 8
New York City is “on track” to enter phase one of reopening on June 8, New York Governor Cuomo said on Friday as he announced that five upstate ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: Lockdown encourages baby boom among animals in Siberian zoo
A Siberian zoo that closed its doors to visitors for over two months due to the novel coronavirus says the lockdown has encouraged a baby boom among ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: Japan ends state of emergency in all areas
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifted a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and four other remaining areas on Monday, ending the restrictions ... Coronavirus -
India records biggest surge in daily coronavirus toll
India recorded its biggest single-day surge in coronavirus cases on Monday, attributed largely to migrant workers returning home after losing their ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: New Zealand to launch ‘digital diary’ app to track movements
New Zealand will launch a contact-tracing app on Wednesday to help people track their movements as the country eases one of the world’s most rigid ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: Man freed after being jailed for visiting lover during lockdown
The president of Cyprus on Thursday ordered the release of a man jailed for breaching a coronavirus curfew to see his girlfriend, officials said.A ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus may disappear before development of a vaccine: Milan research center head
The deadly coronavirus could lose its potency and disappear before a vaccine is developed, Dr. Giuseppe Remuzzi, director of the Mario Negri Institute ... Coronavirus -
Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia imposes 24-hour lockdown on Jizan’s Baish governorate
A 24-hour lockdown has been imposed on the Baish governorate in the Jizan region as part of efforts to combat the deadly coronavirus outbreak, Saudi ... Coronavirus