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Coronavirus in Europe
London News
Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus and immediatelyself-isolated. Johnson, according to reports from Reuters, has "developed mild symptoms" over the past 24 hours...
Paris News
Amazon suspends all 'non-essential' orders in France and Italy
Amazon.com announces temporary suspension of delivery of non-essential items in France and Italy.Amazon, the online shopping giant, will temporarily suspend deliveries of nonessential goods to custome...
London News
Prince Charles tests positive for Coronavirus
Prince Charles, age 72, heir to the British throne, tested positive for the Coronavirus says Buckingham Palace.
Charles had been in solitary confinement in Scotland for a few days. Prince Charles "s...
London News
New measures to fight the coronavirus in the UK
The British prime minister, Boris Johnson, has announced a new list of emergency measures against the coronavirus pandemic for the third time in less than two weeks. However the gradual approach adopt...
Berlin News
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, is in quarantine
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, is in quarantine after discovering that a doctor who had given her a pneumococcal vaccine on Friday afternoon, was tested positive for Coronavirus.
On Sunday aftern...
Jersey News
Jersey locks down but boosts its services
Here is an insight on all you need to know about Jersey's lock down due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. TelecomunicationsJersey Telecoms is using its facilities in novel ways. It has rolled ou...
Berlin News
Trump allegedly tries to buy Coronavirus vaccine from German Company
This issue began after Trump reportedly offered large amounts of money to a German medical company. On Monday, the John Hopkins University Tracker reported that there are more than 86,000 confirmed ca...
London News
The United Kingdom prepares for Coronavirus
As the Coronavirus pandemic spreads here is an insight on the day to day situation on the British Isles.EducationThe British prime minister Boris Johnson has announced the closure of the country's sch...
Jersey News
Glossary of the new Coronavirus language
The English language is mutating as fast as a coronavirus.Here is a (tongue-in-cheek) glossary of the new catch phrases of coronaspeak, in no particular order. We welcome additions to the list from ou...
Brussels News
2020 European Football Cup postponed until next year
The 2020 European Football Championship has been postponed until next year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the official decision taken by UEFA which also communicated that all football games, ma...
London News
New anti-Covid-19 measures in the UK
The UK government has not ordered the closure of the country's schools in its latest package revealed on Monday to slowdown the spread of the coronavirus. But in a tightening of its policies introduce...
Paris News
People flee Paris after Macron announces lockdown
"We are at war." Emmanuel Macron repeats these words several times while announcing the new restrictive measures to contain the coronavirus in France, following the Italian model of total closure. The...
London News
British Airways, EasyJet, Ryanair and Virgin Atlantic to cut services due to Coronavirus
British Airways, easyJet, Ryanair and Virgin Atlantic have all announced sizeable cuts to their services in the next couple of months. The grounding of fleets, the temporary layoff of employees, as we...
London News
Canada to Jersey: Flying ahead of Coronavirus
Air travel in the time of Covid-19At Vancouver's international airport passengers poured off the British Airways 747 Boeing plane from London. It felt as though they were in a rush to escape the dread...
Madrid News
Spain and France headed for lockdown
On 11 March, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Coronavirus a pandemic. What started in a Chinese wet-market has spread across the world, infecting populations everywhere with disease an...
Brussels News
Plan of school closures across Europe
Many countries in the European Union are following Italy's exampke and are starting with the closure of schools. The COVID-19 virus has quickly spread across populations. Hospitals are filling up. Gov...
Brussels News
Trump announces a Travel ban on flights from the EU
On Wednesday night, President Donald Trump released a video update on the COVID-19 virus. The President’s Oval Office announcement followed the World Health Organization’s declaration of the Coronavir...
Paris News
Louvre reopens as France increases precautionary measures against coronavirus
On Feb. 29, the French Government banned gatherings of 5,000 people or more in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The ban, instituted by French Health Minister Olivier Véran, follows...
