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Belgium postpones planned easing of measures after spike in cases
Belgium is postponing a number of planned April relaxations, following a spike in Coronavirus cases across the country, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo announced...
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and wife Asma test positive for COVID-19
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma have tested positive for Coronavirus, the president's office said in a statement on Monday.A post on...
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Germany extends Coronavirus lockdown but eases some restrictions
Following a meeting with the country's 16 state premiers on Wednesday, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced an extension of the current lockdown measures until...
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Belgium sticks to current Coronavirus restrictions amid cases surge
Belgium has decided not to ease Coronavirus restrictions for at least another week, due to a recent spike in COVID-19 cases, the country's Prime...
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Brussels warns six EU countries against travel restrictions
Ιn a letter sent to Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary and Sweden, the European Commission has urged the countries to respect the travel restrictions...
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Dutch govt appeals court order to scrap Coronavirus curfew
The Dutch government has appealed against a court ruling on Tuesday which ordered it to scrap a night curfew on the grounds that it...
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Germany extends lockdown until March 7
Germany on Thursday extended lockdown measures from February 14 to March 7 in a bid to prevent a third wave in the country and...
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Germany floats grounding almost all international flights to combat new COVID variants
Germany is considering a ban on almost all international air travel into the country to stem spread of more infectious variants of Coronavirus, Interior Minister...
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French government warns 6pm curfew ‘not sufficient’ to curb virus spread
France's nationwide 6pm curfew is "not sufficient" to slow down the spread of the virus and authorities are considering tighter restrictions, government spokesman Gabriel Attal...
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Germany extends lockdown until February 14
Following a meeting with the country's 16 state premiers, Germany has decided to extend a strict nationwide lockdown until February 14 as a "precaution" for...
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Brazil gives green light for use of AstraZeneca, Sinovac COVID vaccines
Brazil's Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has given the green light to the AstraZeneca/Oxford University and Chinese-made Sinovac Coronavirus vaccines, paving the way for the...
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German FM suggests easing COVID restrictions for vaccinated people
Coronavirus restrictions should be eased for people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Sunday.In an interview given...
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Germany likely to remain in lockdown until April
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday warned that a dramatic explosion in the number of Coronavirus infections that has mutated in Britain, could force...
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Greece’s Orthodox Church defies lockdown order, holds Epiphany services
After announcing earlier in the week it would defy a government lockdown order, Greece’s Orthodox Church on Wednesday opened its places of worship to the...
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Greece and Cyprus detect infections of new COVID strain
The new strain of Coronavirus, first identified in Britain in December, has been detected in Greece and Cyprus, officials from the two Health Ministries...
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Germany set to extend lockdown by 3 weeks
The German government and the country’s 16 federal states have agreed to extend a nationwide lockdown until January 21, German newspaper Bild reported on Monday,...
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