Avainsana: Pandemic
Number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Europe top 1.5 million
Italian anaesthesiologist Doctor Marino De Rosa takes care of a patient at the ICU of the Covid unit where he works at the San Filippo…
EU condemns attacks on press freedom during COVID-19 crisis
Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, Germany’s foreign minister says independent journalism is being weakened during the coronavirus pandemic. The EU has also warned that…
Greece: COVID-19 pandemic a further risk to refugee child education, warns UN partner
UN agencies in Greece have expressed concern at the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the education of refugee children in the country,…
Sweden eyes benefits of spurning lockdown in the face of pandemic
While much of Europe remained in lockdown, students played table tennis and made weekend plans at Kunskapsskolan, one of many Swedish schools kept open in…
U.N. chief warns against repressive measures amid coronavirus crisis
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday the coronavirus could give some countries an excuse to adopt repressive measures for reasons unrelated to the pandemic…
Coronavirus pandemic ‘amplifies press freedom threats’
The coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating threats to press freedom around the world, with authoritarian states including China and Iran suppressing details of the outbreak, activists…
Coronavirus exposes ‘weaknesses’ in health systems: G20
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed “systemic weaknesses” in global health systems, the G20 said Monday, but there was no mention of Washington’s contentious decision to…
Analysis: Should you be wearing a face mask during the pandemic?
From Tokyo to Turin, Tallinn to Toronto, through vastly different countries, with different cultures and governments – this crisis has produced a surprisingly, global, uniformed…
China economy shrinks for first time as Wuhan Covid-19 death toll is increased by 1,300
China’s economy shrank 6.8% in the three months of 2020, the country’s first such contraction on record and a stark sign of the financial impact…
UN chief calls for greater protection for children caught up in COVID-19 crisis
The looming global recession resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic could cause hundreds of thousands of additional child deaths this year, effectively reversing recent gains in…
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