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France to give details on easing lockdown

5:10 pm April 26, 2020

Paris: The French government will detail to parliament on Tuesday how it plans to pull the country out of the coronavirus lockdown that has plunged the eurozone’s second-largest economy into a deep and alarming freeze. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe tweeted that he will unveil the national deconfinement strategy in an address at the National Assembly. […]

Outbursts, panic: Lockdown ordeal for special-needs families

8:23 pm April 25, 2020

Paris: After weeks of France’s strict lockdown, Mohammed, a 14-year-old with autism, took a pickax and started hitting the wall of his house, hoping that he could finally go out. His explanation: Too long at home, too hard to wait.” Coronavirus lockdown is proving a particularly trying ordeal for children with disabilities and their families […]

Italy to ease lockdown on May 4, give free masks

8:07 pm April 25, 2020

Rome: Italy will start distributing free protective masks to nursing homes, many of which have been devastated by coronavirus infections and deaths. Domenico Arcuri, the government’s commissioner for the pandemic, says doing so is a gesture of solidarity and nearness and support to these places ever more at the epicenter of this great crisis. Arcuri […]

Spain announces new state of emergency as COVID infections soar

435 virus deaths in Spain as daily toll rises for second day

4:10 pm April 22, 2020

Madrid: Spain said Wednesday another 435 people died in the past 24 hours, with the figures showing a slight increase for a second day running, bringing the overall death toll to 21,717. Spain has suffered the third-highest number of deaths in the world after the United States and Italy, with infections now passing 208,000 cases, […]

Coronavirus gores Pamplona bull-run

9:01 pm April 21, 2020

Madrid: Spain’s best-known bull running festival in the northern town of Pamplona has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pamplona city hall said Tuesday. Hundreds of thousands of people typically attend the centuries-old San Fermin celebration, which sees half-tonne fighting bulls chase hundreds of daredevils, many wearing traditional white shirts and scarves, though the […]