Brief slowing down in number of new cases - getting ready for winter
coronavirus
14 Sep 2020
/ 18:31
(CGTN Europe). The UK has brought in new measures aimed at curbing a rise in cases, including restrictions of gatherings of more than six people. But there are differences between the legislation in the nations that make up the kingdom - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
- France's central bank predicts the economy will contract by less than previously expected in 2020, after revising the impact of the pandemic.
- Amid a spike in infections, France's interior minister Gerald Darmanin hit out at fans of French football team Olympique Marseille for their widespread, and for a large part not socially distanced, celebrations following the club's win against Paris Saint Germain.
- New cases in France have dropped from a record 10,561 on Saturday to 7,183 one day later.
- After five consecutive days of more than 1,000 daily infections, Czechia's new cases dropped to 792 on Sunday.
- A failure by political leaders to heed warnings over the threat of the pandemic has taken "a world at risk" to a "world in disorder," according to a report on international epidemic preparedness by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board.
- Sweden has taken the UK off its "red list" of countries to which it advises citizens not to travel, despite a spike in new cases in the UK over the past week.
- Thousands of health workers rallied in Brussels on Sunday, criticizing cuts to Belgium's healthcare system and demanding more spending amid the coronavirus crisis.
- The UK has secured access to up to 190 million doses of a potential vaccine from French-Austrian firm Valneva, a deal thought to be worth up to 1.37 billion euros ($1.6 billion).
- The World Health Organization expects Europe's coronavirus death toll to rise in the coming months, according to the body's Europe director Hans Klug.
- Amid a spike in infections, France's interior minister Gerald Darmanin hit out at fans of French football team Olympique Marseille for their widespread, and for a large part not socially distanced, celebrations following the club's win against Paris Saint Germain.
- New cases in France have dropped from a record 10,561 on Saturday to 7,183 one day later.
- After five consecutive days of more than 1,000 daily infections, Czechia's new cases dropped to 792 on Sunday.
- A failure by political leaders to heed warnings over the threat of the pandemic has taken "a world at risk" to a "world in disorder," according to a report on international epidemic preparedness by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board.
- Sweden has taken the UK off its "red list" of countries to which it advises citizens not to travel, despite a spike in new cases in the UK over the past week.
- Thousands of health workers rallied in Brussels on Sunday, criticizing cuts to Belgium's healthcare system and demanding more spending amid the coronavirus crisis.
- The UK has secured access to up to 190 million doses of a potential vaccine from French-Austrian firm Valneva, a deal thought to be worth up to 1.37 billion euros ($1.6 billion).
- The World Health Organization expects Europe's coronavirus death toll to rise in the coming months, according to the body's Europe director Hans Klug.
