As virus rebounds in France, Macron bristles at border rules
VILLENEUVE-LA-GARENNE: French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday urged European neighbors to better coordinate cross-border virus restrictions as infections were on the rebound – and as multiple countries imposed tests or quarantines on visitors from France. Amid worries that France could become a new virus hotspot, Macron defended his government’s push to restart the economy and […]
COVID-19: Spain witnesses 950 deaths in 24 hours as death toll crosses 10,000
MADRID: The coronavirus death toll in Spain surged past 10,000 on Thursday after a record 950 deaths in 24 hours, with the number of confirmed cases passing the 110,000 mark, the government said. Spain has the world’s second-highest death toll after Italy, with the virus so far claiming 10,003 lives although the rate of new […]
UN calls coronavirus outbreak ‘worst crisis since WW II’ as European death toll crosses 30,000
PARIS: The coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 30,000 lives in Europe alone, a global tally showed Wednesday, in what the head of the United Nations has described as humanity’s worst crisis since World War II. Italy and Spain bore the brunt of the crisis, accounting for three in every four deaths on the continent, […]