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Protesting French hospital workers demand better pay

11:16 pm June 16, 2020

Paris: Hospital workers rallied in cities around France on Tuesday to demand better pay and more investment in the country’s public hospital system, and police fired tear gas at troublemakers on the sidelines of the protest march in Paris. Although French hospitals are considered to be among the world’s best, they struggled to handle a rush of COVID-19 patients […]

EU finalising virus 'safe list,' US unlikely to make the cut

Eiffel Tower to reopen after longest closure since WWII

11:06 pm June 16, 2020

Paris: Workers are preparing the Eiffel Tower to reopen next week after the coronavirus pandemic led to the iconic Paris landmark’s longest closure since World War II. But as France’s tourism industry starts back up in earnest, the 324-meter-tall wrought-iron tower won’t immediately welcome visitors in the way it did before the country’s virus lockdown. The number of people […]

Coronavirus tracing app a test for privacy-minded Germany

8:55 pm June 16, 2020

Berlin: Germany launched a coronavirus tracing app Tuesday that officials say is so secure even government ministers can use it, though developers acknowledge it isn’t perfect yet. Smartphone apps have been touted as a high-tech tool in the effort to track down potential COVID-19 infections. Experts say finding new cases quickly is key to clamping […]

Coronavirus: Finland lifts emergency powers act

8:42 pm June 16, 2020

Helsinki: Finland says it has lifted the emergency powers act adopted by the lawmakers in mid-March to tackle the coronavirus crisis. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said the measure to end the state of emergency, effective Tuesday, was taken as the COVID-19 infection rate has slowed down in the Nordic nation. Marin said there was no need […]

European nations sign 400M-dose vaccine deal with AstraZeneca

11:26 pm June 13, 2020

London: Pharma giant AstraZeneca struck a deal Saturday with Europe’s Inclusive Vaccines Alliance to supply up to 400 million doses of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine, as efforts to boost manufacturing capacity continue at pace. The alliance, which was forged by Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands to speed up production of a vaccine, is set […]