The best Germn football clubs that participate in the Champions League will allocate approximately EUR 20 million to help their rivals. The teams have financial problems due to the coronavirus pandemic.more
The total confirmed cases of coronavirus in Ireland rose to 1,564 on Wednesday from 1,329 a day earlier, with two more deaths reported to bring the number of fatalities to nine, the health department said.more
Tennis great Roger Federer on Wednesday donated more than a million dollars to help support his "most vulnerable" Swiss compatriots through the coronavirus crisis.more
A London court did not agree on Wednesday to release Julian Assange, the founder of the wholesaler WikiLeaks. According to his defenders, Assange is threatened with coronavirus infection in prison.more
Due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, Polish women resign from taking care of German seniors. Therefore, such services are in danger of falling, according to Tagesschau's public information service.more
The British parliament adopted a special law on coronavirus, which gives the government far-reaching powers to fight the epidemic, including to keep people and put them in isolation to protect public health.more
Germany has banned entry for foreign seasonal workers due to a coronavirus pandemic. The new restrictions do not apply to Polish and Czech citizens - the Interior Ministry in Berlin said.more
The clock that counts down to the opening of the Olympic Games has stopped in Tokyo. The day before, the IOC, in consultation with the Japanese government, postponed this major sporting event to next year due to a coronavirus pandemic.more
Head of the Federal Reserve Louis James Bullard estimated today that 46 million people in the US may be out of work due to a pandemic. He criticized President Donald Trump for appeals for resuming business activity and promises to regain full economic dynamism before Easter.more
Norwegian and Polish media report a serious crisis in Polish-Norwegian relations after the government on the Vistula seized the antibacterial gels of a private company from Norway. Disinfectants produced in the Polish factory were intended for Norwegians.more
Sampdoria owner Massimo Ferrero says that for him 'the season ends here" amid reports of strong divisions amongst the 20 Serie A teams as to whether the current campaign should continue. Serie A has been suspended for over two weeks in light of the Coronavirus.more
Some 250,000 people have signed up in a single day to volunteer with the NHS after a recruitment drive to help the vulnerable amid the coronavirus crisismore
A 21-YEAR-OLD woman with no underlying health concerns has died from coronavirus, her family said. Chloe Middleton is believed to be the UK's youngest victim with no existing medical issues.more
Is breaking the restrictions a practice of independent outdoor sports, e.g. recreational cycling; whether restaurants will continue to provide take-out meals - the government portal gov.pl/koronawirus answers such questions.more
Cristiano Ronaldo and his agent Jorge Mendes will finance three intensive care units for patients suffering from coronavirus at hospitals in Lisbon and Porto - with the donation worth £1million.more
A team led by neuropathologist Adriano Aguzzi from the University Hospital of Zurich has developed a new type of test for people who have had a Covid-19 infection without serious symptoms. And maybe they didn't even realize they were sick.more
The UK government has bought 3.5m antibody tests for coronavirus, the health secretary has said, promising that frontline doctors and nurses will be able in due course to find out whether they have been infected and are safe to go back to work.more
We are ready to tighten the bans resulting from the fight against coronavirus. The question is for how long - such conclusions can be drawn from a study.more
"We are at the beginning of a coronavirus epidemic," said Lothar Wieler, head of the Robert Koch (RKI) in Berlin, a German state institution dealing with virological threats.more
