Another star infected
coronavirus
30 Sep 2020
/ 18:19
(CGTN Europe) Germany΄s Chancellor Angela Merkel said she will do everything in her power to avoid another national lockdown but admitted "a difficult phase is ahead."
- Finland's government has ordered all bars and restaurants to close at 1 a.m and will stop all alcohol sales at midnight on 8 October in a bid to slow the spread of the virus.
- Hundreds of junior Spanish doctors took to the streets of Barcelona on Tuesday to call for better working conditions as infections surge in the region.
- Vaccine manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline is optimistic the industry will be able to make an immunization against the virus available next year, according to the company's CEO Emma Walmsley.
- Liverpool and Spain footballer Thiago Alcantara has tested positive and will remain in self-isolation for "the required period of time."
- Former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has announced he tested positive for the virus and is undergoing treatment at home.
- Fatalities in Belgium passed 10,000 after 14 more deaths were reported in the past 24 hours. Infections also rose, by 1,762 to 117,115.
- Ukraine's new infections rose by 4,027 in the past 24 hours, the highest daily figure recorded in the country since the pandemic began.
- Hundreds of junior Spanish doctors took to the streets of Barcelona on Tuesday to call for better working conditions as infections surge in the region.
- Vaccine manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline is optimistic the industry will be able to make an immunization against the virus available next year, according to the company's CEO Emma Walmsley.
- Liverpool and Spain footballer Thiago Alcantara has tested positive and will remain in self-isolation for "the required period of time."
- Former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has announced he tested positive for the virus and is undergoing treatment at home.
- Fatalities in Belgium passed 10,000 after 14 more deaths were reported in the past 24 hours. Infections also rose, by 1,762 to 117,115.
- Ukraine's new infections rose by 4,027 in the past 24 hours, the highest daily figure recorded in the country since the pandemic began.
