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Limits of people on the beach, long distances between umbrellas, checks carried out by city guards and drones - these will be holidays in Italy during an epidemic in Italy.more

Boris Johnson has spoken on the phone to US President Donald Trump, as his recovery from coronavirus continues.more

Major public gatherings of more than 5,000 people have been banned in the Republic of Ireland until at least September due to the Covid-19 pandemic.more

Clinical trials will begin tomorrow on humans with a coronavirus vaccine created by scientists at Oxford University, said British Health Minister Matt Hancock. Researchers estimate vaccine effectiveness at 80%more

Italy's 20 Serie A teams have buried their differences and unanimously agreed that they should try and complete the 2019-20 season which is currently at a standstill because of the COVID-19 outbreak.more

Women impatient with restrictions in their countries come to Sweden to take advantage of open hair and beauty salons.more

Almost 80 percent of Poles plan a holiday trip this year, of which 93 percent I want to spend my vacation in the country - according to a study by Profitroom, which operates hotel reservation systems.more

Britain marked Queen Elizabeth II's 94th birthday with silence Tuesday, as the nation in lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic forgoes the usual gun salutes and ringing of bells.more

The Oxford English Dictionary has been updated with new words relating to the coronavirus pandemic in its April edition.more

Based on local media reports released Tuesday, Belgian officials are considering hiring 2,000 inspectors to find out which patients have interacted with COVID-19 patients.more

Police are preparing to deal with a "more volatile and agitated society" after the UK's lockdown measures are lifted, a top officer has said.more

The oil price will stay low for some time as supply exceeds demand and the current situation on global oil markets is reminiscent of the 1980s oil glut, former BP boss Lord John Browne said on Tuesday.more

The latest figures released on Tuesday show a total of 17,337 people have died in hospital after testing positive for Covid-19, with the death tally up 823 in the past day.more

Barcelona will sell the title rights to its storied stadium for one year in an effort to raise money for the fight against the coronavirus. The Spanish club's executive board said Tuesday it will donate the entire fee raised by selling the title rights to the Camp Nou to fighting the global pandemic.more

'To achieve a sufficient level of collective immunity to avoid a second wave you need 70 percent of the population to be immune,' said Head of the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Unit at the Pasteur Institute.more

Are you afraid that you won't see your loved ones for a long time through a pandemic? Or are you afraid of the financial crisis and market collapse? - among others such questions in an anonymous survey by experts from The Polish University Abroad in London (PUNO.more

Denmark's govt says it will uphold ban on public gathering of more than 500 people until Sept 1, contradicting media reports it will allow large public gatherings from May 10.more

A Japanese professor of infectious disease says he is "very pessimistic" the postponed Tokyo Olympics can open in 15 months.more

Sir David Attenborough, Danny Dyer and Jodie Whittaker are among the celebrity supply teachers who will be helping the BBC educate the nation's schoolchildren during the coronavirus lockdown.more

Conspiracy theories linking new 5G mobile networks and the coronavirus pandemic are fueling arson attacks on cell towers in Europe.more

Dentists in England are facing "critical shortages" in personal protective equipment (PPE), forcing patients with urgent problems to "take matters into their own hands", says an organisation representing UK dentists.more

In France, besides the outbreak of the coronavirus, another scourge is raging - reporting. Police lines are overloaded with calls from people who provide information about their neighbors not complying with sanitary restrictions - according to French media.more

People should not book holidays until current social distancing rules are relaxed, Downing Street has suggested.more

Indian officials have rescued six tourists who were living in a cave in India following a lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus.more

Senior ministers are pushing a "traffic light" system to lift the lockdown, it is claimed.more