Social distancing would be needed for "at least half of the year" to stop intensive care units being overwhelmed, according to the government's scientific advisers.more
BT, owner of UK mobile operator EE, is in talks with the government about using its phone location and usage data to monitor whether coronavirus limitation measures such as asking the public to stay at home are working.more
EU Commissioner Thierry Breton has urged streaming platforms, telecoms operators and individual internet users to take responsibility for their actions in the coming weeks.more
More than 500 Spaniards were fined for failing to comply with the rules introduced on Sunday due to the coronavirus epidemic by the government of Pedro Sanchez. Due to disregarding the state of epidemic threat, police have also detained 73 people this morning.more
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: "The Government's medical experts have now laid out the next set of measures to deal with coronavirus. The Government has said that advice will continue to change as we move through different stages of response - but these measures are being introduced now because this is the moment at which they will have the biggest effect.more
A week after the entry into force of the Italian government decree, which limited the possibility of leaving home, it is still unclear what can be done and what is prohibited. The media and authorities advise citizens who often do not know how to interpret the rules.more
France said Monday that it would follow other European countries in confining residents mostly to their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, while the European Union considered closing its external borders to foreign travelers to impede infections.more
Belgium's King Philippe has called on everyone to follow the government's drastic measures to fight the further spread of the new coronavirus (Covid-9) in a televised speech.more
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar confirmed that some 15,000 virus infections were expected by the end of the month as the government ramps up supports and equipment supplies for frontline health workers.more
The national living wage will rise to more than £10.50 an hour in 2024 compared with £8.21 at present, as the government set a target for the wage to reach two-thirds of median earnings.more
President Donald Trump on Sunday called on people to stop hoarding groceries and other supplies as one of the nation's most senior public health officials urged Americans to act with more urgency to protect themselves and others against the coronavirus.
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The coronavirus epidemic in the UK will last until next spring and could lead to 7.9 million people being hospitalised, a secret Public Health England (PHE) briefing for senior NHS officials reveals.more
Matt Hancock has called on British manufacturers to consider switching parts of their production to the making of medical ventilators needed to treat rising numbers of coronavirus patients.more
The British government chose a completely different strategy to fight the coronavirus epidemic than the rest of European countries. While these close schools, cancel mass events, and some even close borders, almost everything works normally in the UK.more
In Finland, confirmed cases of coronavirus were relatively more among the youngest patients than on average in the world, the Finnish Institute of Health (THL) said.more
Coronavirus has claimed 1,016 lives in Italy, officials say, but Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio says he hopes his country will be the first in Europe to get over the emergency.more
Poles are most fond of Czechs (53 percent) and Slovaks (52 percent), while they approach Arabs (55 percent) and Roma (46 percent) the most distantly - according to the latest CBOS survey.more
Two more people have died after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of UK deaths to 10. There are now 590 confirmed cases in the UK, up from 456 on Wednesday - with 491 in England, 60 in Scotland, 20 in Northern Ireland and 19 in Wales.more
The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. There are 118,000 cases, more than 4,000 deaths, the agency said, and the virus has found a foothold on every continent except for Antarctica.more
It is becoming increasingly difficult to remain calm in the face of reports of coronavirus. No wonder, the threat is real - admits Kristen Fuller on "Psychology Today". She also shows how to take care of mental health when panic begins to reign.more
