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Spain announces new state of emergency as COVID infections soar

8:49 pm October 25, 2020

Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced a new state of emergency on Sunday in an effort to curb soaring coronavirus infections, imposing local nighttime curfews and banning travel between regions in certain cases. The measures go into force from Sunday night and will require all regions except the Canary Islands to impose a nighttime […]

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Spain 1st in western Europe to hit 1 million virus cases

11:56 pm October 21, 2020

Madrid: Spain became the first country in western Europe to accumulate more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 infections on Wednesday as the nation of 47 million struggles to contain a resurgence of the virus. The health ministry said that its accumulative case load since the start of the pandemic reached 1,005,295 after reporting 16,973 more […]

EU warns Hungary over selective use of virus border measures

8:53 pm September 1, 2020

Brussels: The European Union warned Hungary that it cannot close its borders to all foreigners and allow only its own citizens back in as the Hungarian government introduced those new measures Tuesday in response to what it said was a second wave of coronavirus infections in Europe. Hungarians returning from abroad will now need to quarantine for two weeks […]

Europe is going back to school despite recent virus surge

3:24 pm August 27, 2020

Paris: A mother and her three children scanned the school supplies in a Paris supermarket, plucking out multicolored fountain pens, crisp notebooks – and plenty of masks. Despite resurgent coronavirus infections, similar scenes are unfolding across Europe as a new school year dawns. Virus or no virus, European authorities are determined to put children back […]

India, UK based biotech firm wins ‘Star Trek’ creator’s better humanity award

11:02 am August 21, 2020

London: An India and UK headquartered genomics biotech company is among four worldwide projects awarded the USD 1-million 2020 Roddenberry Prize designed to advance the vision of ‘Star Trek’ creator Gene Roddenberry to better humanity. Launched this year in the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic, the prize pivoted to engage organisations who demonstrated their agility and innovation on the frontlines […]