Lockdown

Boris Johnson announces that gyms in UK will open in couple of weeks

Boris Johnson has said gyms will be able to reopen in a “couple of weeks”. Speaking on LBC on Friday, the prime minister also vowed to try to get theatres…

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UK lockdown a week earlier could have halved COVID-19 death toll, scientist says

Introducing lockdown measures a week earlier could have halved the UK’s coronavirus death toll, a former government adviser has said. The Independent (UK) Professor Neil Ferguson, whose modelling helped shape the…

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England lifting lockdown measures early experts warn

England risks losing control of the coronavirus pandemic again because it is starting to lift its lockdown without a fully operational track and trace programme in place, three senior scientific…

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Return to prayer

The priest Gil Florini celebrates mass at the Saint-Pierre d'Arene church in Nice, France, 24 May 2020. Churches have reopened their doors to the public after the French government announced…

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Enjoying the sun and love

People enjoy the sun on Margaret Island in Budapest, Hungary, 09 May 2020 (issued 10 May 2020). The local authority made a recommendation that residents of Budapest should go to…

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Stay Alert – British PM expected to unveil roadmap to instil confidence and ease restrictions

The British Prime Minister is expected to deliver an address to the nation at 7pm today in which he intends to unveil a "roadmap" setting out how to "unlock the various…

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Malta: Extended family should not meet despite relaxed lockdown measures – Public Health Superintendent

Public Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci insisted that despite the easing of restrictive measures by government, people should continue to respect social distancing measures. Source: Malta Today Updated 16:40pm

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Sprawling green spaces and fantastical skyscrapers feature in children’s ‘own’ designed cities of the future

From "fantastical skyscrapers" to sprawling green spaces, children are creating their own cities while under lockdown, using designs from a renowned British architecture studio. Foster + Partners' project, which includes…

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‘Freedom’ for Spanish children after 6 weeks of lockdown

From Sunday, children in Spain under 14 will be able to go out for walks between 9am and 9pm, within a one-kilometer radius of their homes and in the company…

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Italy to extend lockdown until May 3

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced that his government was extending the stringent lockdown measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus until May 3. He said that relaxing the…

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Half the world’s population under imposed lockdown

More than 3.9 billion people, or half of the world's population, have now been asked or ordered to stay at home by their governments to prevent the spread of the…

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Spain’s government ordered all non-essential workers to stay home for two weeks

The Spanish government has tightened up its national lockdown, ordering all non-essential workers to stay at home for the next two weeks in a bid to halt the spread of…

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Boris Johnson announces complete lockdown of the UK

Boris Johnson announced total lockdown measures to tackle coronavirus: stay at home or face a fine. Sky News reports that in a "dramatic and historic" TV address to the nation, Johnson said all…

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Life during lockdown, the French way

The French population has officially started living in lockdown conditions as of noon today. The government has instructed everyone to limit their movements as much as possible because of the…

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Denmark shuts its borders for a month

Denmark announced on Friday it would shut its borders to most foreign visitors for a month from Saturday, in a move unprecedented in peacetime as part of efforts to halt…

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All of Italy to be placed under lockdown conditions – Giuseppe Conte

All of Italy will be placed under the lockdown conditions thus far imposed upon the so-called “red zone” in the north of the country, the Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte…

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