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Study: Health systems, govt responses linked to virus tolls

Germany to extend virus-related travel ban for non-European countries

12:05 am June 10, 2020

Berlin: Germany plans to extend a travel ban for non-European countries until Aug. 31, government sources told Reuters on Tuesday, adding Berlin was also strongly advising against any cruises due to the special risks related to coronavirus. The German cabinet is expected to approve the step at its regular meeting on Wednesday, the sources said, […]

New report finds anti-Semitism on the rise in Czech

11:50 pm June 3, 2020

Prague: The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the Czech Republic doubled last year, the Jewish community said Wednesday. In its annual report, the Federation of the Jewish Communities said there were 694 anti-Semitic attacks in 2019 compared with 347 in the previous year. A majority of the attacks 95 per cent were registered on the […]

Spanish PM wants state of emergency extension

8:42 pm May 31, 2020

Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S nchez says he will ask Spain’s Parliament for a final two-week extension of the nation’s state of emergency that has allowed the government to take lockdown measures to control its coronavirus outbreak. S nchez says this will be the last, definitive extension of 15 days. The current state of […]

EU urges Trump to rethink cutting funding to WHO

12:24 am May 31, 2020

Washington: The European Union on Saturday urged President Donald Trump to rethink his decision to terminate the U.S. relationship with the World Health Organization as spiking infection rates in India and elsewhere reinforced that the pandemic is far from contained. Trump on Friday charged that the WHO didn’t respond adequately to the pandemic and accused the U.N. […]

Spain opens border to tourists; Trump wants less testing

Spain to end quarantine for tourists on July 1

8:56 pm May 25, 2020

Madrid: Spain says it will lift a 2-week mandatory confinement for all travelers arriving from overseas starting July 1. The government said in a brief statement that Cabinet ministers made the decision to lift the mandatory quarantine during a meeting Monday. Prime Minister Pedro Snchez had already announced over the weekend that his nation was […]