Medicine
Archive
Most of Northern Italy under quarantine in latest effort to halt coronavirus
Italy has placed up to 16 million people under quarantine, in the government’s effort to contain the spread of coronavirus across the country.
Prime minister...
Archive
Italy in the time of coronavirus
More than a month after the first confirmed cases of coronavirus were recorded in Europe, Italy has quickly become the Western world’s worst-hit country,...
Archive
WHO director-general criticises countries for lack of commitment to stop COVID-19 outbreak
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus condemned the efforts made by some countries in dealing with the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak.
Tedros showed concerns over the actions...
Archive
Italy asks for extension of CAP deadlines due to coronavirus
Italy has asked the EU Commission for postponing of some of Common Agricultural Policy’s administrative procedures to relieve Italian farmers impacted by the coronavirus...
Archive
G7 finance ministers, central bankers ‘ready’ to address Coronavirus
Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Seven (G7) countries agreed to hold talks today about the coronavirus outbreak that has...
Archive
Twitter tells staff to work from home due to virus fears
Twitter told its more than 4,800 employees around the world to work from home, amid fears of the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.
“Beginning today,...
Archive
COVID-19: Commission launches 'Corona response team'
As the number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Europe is on the rise and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has...
Asia & Pacific
The benefits of hysteria
The epidemic of the COVID-19 is a fact, as are seasonal influenzas of various types that affect large amounts of people during winter, every...
Archive
France braces for coronavirus epidemic, Macron warns
French president Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that the country was preparing for a spike in the number of coronavirus cases.
"We are facing a crisis,...
Archive
Germany at start of coronavirus epidemic
Germany’s health minister said Wednesday that the country was “at the beginning of an epidemic”, just a few days after the number of people...
Archive
WHO calls on EU for Coronavirus pandemic preparedness
The World Health Organisation's (WHO) regional Director in Europe, Hans Kluge has called on European countries to be in a "phase of preparedness" for...
Archive
Brazil reports first case of Coronavirus in South America
The Brazilian Ministry of Health confirmed the country’s first case of COVID-19 (popularly known as coronavirus) during a press conference on Wednesday, February 26.
The...
Archive
France reports first coronavirus death, as epidemic spreads in Europe
The French Health Ministry reported that a 60-year-old man died of a COVID-19 (popularly known as coronavirus) infection overnight on Wednesday, February 26 in...
Archive
Internet giants fight spread of coronavirus disinformation
Internet companies are stepping up their fight against the spread of disinformation about the coronavirus, after new cases and fatalities outside China have seen...
Archive
Mallinckrodt reaches $1.6b opioid settlement
Drugmaker Mallinckrodt announced it has a tentative $1.6 billion deal to settle lawsuits over its role in the United States’ opioid crisis.
The deal aims...
Archive
Greece reports first Coronavirus case
A 38-year-old woman in Thessaloniki is the first confirmed case of Coronavirus in Greece, according to a Health Ministry spokesperson.
The woman, who had recently...
Archive
Italy may miss on budget targets over coronavirus outbreak
Italy's deputy economy minister Laura Castelli said Tuesday that the EU should leave Italy more room on its budget targets as the country’s struggle...
Archive
Stock market plummets amid coronavirus fears
In just a few days, coronavirus cases have risen rapidly across the world, despite the World Health Organization saying the spread has slowed in...
Archive
WHO warns of pandemic risk as coronavirus cases grow
The World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom has issued a warning to the international community that most countries need to brace for a “potential...
Archive
COVID-19: EU advances efforts to tackle outbreak, pledges €232 million aid
EU's Health Chief, Stella Kyriakides and Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič announced on Monday that €232 million will be allocated by the European...
Archive
Iran announces 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom
50 people have died in the Iranian city of Qom from the new coronavirus this month, local media reported on Monday.
Just a few hours...
Archive
International fears grow with rise of coronavirus deaths outside China
New cases and fatalities from the new coronavirus outbreak outside China have seen a major spike, days after the World Health Organization has warned...
Archive
An academic’s view of the coronavirus
Two months after the coronavirus outbreak began in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the deadly pathogen has gone on to claim the lives of...
Archive
France confirms first coronavirus death outside Asia
France on Saturday reported the first coronavirus death outside Asia. The victim was an 80-year-old Chinese tourist who was initially turned away by two...
Archive
Xi Jinping knew about the coronavirus outbreak nearly two weeks before going public
China’s strongman, Communist leader Xi Jinping knew of the outbreak of the coronavirus in the city of Wuhan almost two weeks prior to publicly...
Archive
Commission calls on Romania, Greece and Malta to adopt national air pollution control programmes
Romania, Greece and Malta need to adopt their first national air pollution control programmes to limit their annual emissions, according to a warning issued by the...
Archive
WHO convenes experts to develop coronavirus drugs, vaccines
The World Health Organization gathered 400 scientists yesterday for a two-day meeting, in an effort to speed the development of tests, treatments and vaccines...
Archive
EU's health chief Kyriakides meets China's ambassador to the EU for updates on Coronavirus
While the number of confirmed cases of human-to-human transmission of Coronavirus still remains low across the bloc, the EU's health chief, Stella Kyriakides met on...
Analysis
Europe’s plan to beat cancer
Every year 3.5 million people across Europe are diagnosed with cancer, but their chances of survival depend on their location. The Commission hopes to...
Archive
WHO appeals for $675m to fight coronavirus
The World Health Organisation called for US$675 million in donations for a plan to fight the coronavirus, mainly through investment in countries considered at...
Archive
Coronavirus threatens EU-China investment deal
The EU Chamber of Commerce in China has warned that striking an EU-China investment deal in 2020 is under threat because of the coronavirus...
Archive
Belgium confirms first case of coronavirus
A Belgian person has tested positive for the coronavirus, the country’s health officials said today. The person is the country's first case of coronavirus,...
Archive
Europeans flee China amid coronavirus outbreak
A second French-chartered airliner flew from China to Europe, carrying 300 evacuees, including citizens of France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Czech Republic and...
Archive
EU mobilises €10 million for Coronavirus outbreak research
The European Commission announced on Friday it will grant €10 million for research into Coronavirus, from its research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, amid intensification of...
Archive
Coronavirus death toll reaches 259
The death toll of the 2019-nCoV, known as the coronavirus, rose to at least 259, with nearly 12,000 confirmed cases. Most of the cases...
Archive
US to evacuate Americans in Wuhan as coronavirus death toll hits 213
The coronavirus death toll rose to at least 213. Scientists estimate more than 75,000 people could be infected in the epicenter of the outbreak,...
Archive
Addressing Europe’s lung cancer challenges
With 1 out of 5 of all cancer deaths in Europe caused by lung cancer, a study carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit...
Archive
First case of coronavirus confirmed in Finland
The first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Finland. The patient is is a 32-year-old female tourist from Wuhan, who arrived in Finland...
Archive
WHO holds emergency meeting as coronavirus death toll hits 170
The World Health Organisation’s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the WHO’s emergency committee would meet today to discuss the coronavirus outbreak. He had just...
Analysis
World prepares as deadly coronavirus likely to spread
China’s death toll from the new coronavirus rose to 132, including the first death in the country’s capital, Beijing. The deadly flu-like virus was...
Archive
Asian stocks fall as China virus rattles markets
Global stocks and oil dropped on 27 January after China warned that the new coronavirus was spreading fast. The country extended its Lunar New...
Archive
First case of coronavirus in Germany confirmed
Germany has confirmed its first case of the deadly flu-like coronavirus that broke out in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the death toll...
Archive
The road ahead for the Green Deal
Becoming the world's first carbon-neutral bloc by 2050 requires more than mobilising €1 trillion in sustainable investments over the next decade. If Europe wants...
Archive
Many countries likely to miss global education and nutrition goals
Despite global progress in education access and participation as well as in the tackling of malnutrition, current trajectories in many countries show that the...