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@nytimesworld 3 years ago With coronavirus case counts climbing and vaccination efforts lagging in some African nations, regional officials of the World Health Organization issued a warning against lax enforcement of public health measures to curb the pandemic on the continent. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago The Africa director at the World Health Organization urged African countries to ramp up coronavirus testing and contact tracing, as she presented research suggesting that nearly two-thirds of people on the continent may have contracted the coronavirus. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago Breaking News: Austria will go into a nationwide lockdown on Monday and impose a coronavirus vaccination mandate next February. It is the first such lockdown in a European nation since the spring, and the first national vaccine mandate on the continent. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 4 years ago Spain’s vaccination program has accelerated to near the forefront in Europe. But it is also experiencing one of the worst surges in new Covid-19 cases on the continent, forcing several regions to reintroduce nighttime curfews and other restrictions. nyti.ms
@WSJ 4 years ago The Delta Covid-19 variant is surging across Africa, the continent with the least vaccines and weakest healthcare systems, overwhelming hospitals and forcing new lockdowns on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago AstraZeneca warned the European Union it no longer expects to supply the bloc with around 100 million Covid-19 shots it pledged in coming months, worsening a vaccine supply crisis on the continent (corrects typo) on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 4 years ago In much of the African continent, most deaths are not formally registered. Health officials suspect that may be causing underreporting of coronavirus deaths. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 4 years ago From Stockholm to Athens and from Lisbon to Warsaw, European Union governments are gearing up to receive a coronavirus vaccine later this week, even as cases keep rising in some parts of the continent. nyti.ms
@BBCWorld 4 years ago Europe faces "tough" six months, with the continent once again epicentre of Covid pandemic, WHO says bbc.in
@WSJ 4 years ago Europe’s second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is reviving the pressure on hospitals in the worst-hit cities, and forcing health-care systems across the continent to devise contingency plans that draw on the lessons of this spring’s deadly first wave on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 4 years ago While many of Europe's largest countries are seeing a surge in new coronavirus cases, Sweden — vilified in the spring for refusing to order a lockdown — currently is sailing along with among the lowest infection rates on the continent nyti.ms
@guardian 5 years ago Covid in Europe: WHO warns of 'alarming' spread across continent theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago European Union health agencies recommended on Monday that people ages 60 and older receive a second booster shot of a coronavirus vaccine, as fears rise over mounting cases and hospitalizations across the continent. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago Covid infections have more than doubled or tripled in many African countries, prompting the authorities to reimpose restrictions. Health officials worry about how the Omicron variant will affect the least-vaccinated continent. nyti.ms
@WSJ 3 years ago In much of Southern Europe, Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are relatively low. Elsewhere on the continent, it's a different story. on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 4 years ago Africa has just had its “worst pandemic week ever,” the W.H.O. said on Thursday. The continent is short of vaccines, and the coronavirus is sickening its young people and overwhelming its already fragile health care systems. nyti.ms
@WSJ 4 years ago The more infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly across Europe as the continent rushes to vaccinate as many people as possible on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago European Union officials hoped their vaccine-procurement plan would put the continent at the forefront of efforts to banish the coronavirus and reopen economies. But now an acute shortage of doses is keeping the EU’s vaccination effort from taking off. on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 4 years ago The coronavirus has killed far fewer people in Africa than in Europe and the Americas, leading to a widespread perception that it was a disease of the West. Now, a tide of new cases on the continent is raising alarms. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 4 years ago Even as the virus has surged again in Europe, classrooms across the continent have largely remained open despite increasing restrictions, and without driving infections. Follow our updates on the coronavirus pandemic. nyti.ms
@guardian 4 years ago Europe's second wave: anger in Italy as Covid restrictions bite across continent theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 4 years ago While many of Europe's largest countries are seeing a surge in new coronavirus cases, Sweden — vilified in the spring for refusing to order a lockdown — currently is sailing along with among the lowest infection rates on the continent nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 4 years ago While many of Europe's largest countries are seeing a surge in new coronavirus cases, Sweden — vilified in the spring for refusing to order a lockdown — currently is sailing along with among the lowest infection rates on the continent nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 5 years ago As the possibility of a second wave haunts the continent, Europe is learning how to live with the coronavirus — taking preventive measures such as wearing masks and accepting calculated risks in the hope of avoiding more crippling lockdowns nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago An official at the World Health Organization urged African countries to ramp up coronavirus testing and contact tracing as she presented research suggesting that nearly two-thirds of people on the continent may have contracted the coronavirus. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago China’s leader Xi Jinping has pledged to deliver another 1 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines to countries in Africa, the world’s least vaccinated continent. The announcement comes as southern Africa grapples with the emergency of the Omicron variant. nyti.ms
@WSJ 3 years ago The closure of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in the U.K. marks the first big move by a European government to step back from the emergency economic policies in place since Covid-19 swept the continent last year on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago The Delta Covid-19 variant is surging across Africa, overwhelming hospitals and forcing new lockdowns on the continent with the fewest vaccines and weakest healthcare systems on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago The more infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly across Europe as the continent rushes to vaccinate as many people as possible on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 4 years ago In much of the African continent, most deaths are not formally registered. Health officials suspect that may be causing underreporting of coronavirus deaths. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 4 years ago The coronavirus has killed far fewer people in Africa than in Europe and the Americas, leading to a widespread perception that it was a disease of the West. Now, a tide of new cases on the continent is raising alarms. nyti.ms
@WSJ 4 years ago Europe’s Covid-19 crisis is moving eastward, from the wealthiest and best-prepared countries on the continent into the poorer states that have exported doctors for decades on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago Manufacturers in Europe have retooled factory and office life, cushioning them from fresh coronavirus restrictions across the continent on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 4 years ago While many of Europe's largest countries are seeing a surge in new coronavirus cases, Sweden — vilified in the spring for refusing to order a lockdown — currently is sailing along with among the lowest infection rates on the continent nyti.ms
@WSJ 4 years ago Croatia was a rare European country to bring daily new Covid-19 cases to zero back in May. Now it has become an example of how summer tourism triggered a second wave of infections sweeping much of the continent. on.wsj.com
@WSJ 5 years ago European countries are reimposing restrictions and checks on holidaymakers in the region, in response to rising coronavirus infections among people traveling within the continent on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago The Africa director at the World Health Organization urged African countries to ramp up coronavirus testing and contact tracing, as she presented research suggesting that nearly two-thirds of people on the continent may have contracted the coronavirus. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago Performance restrictions and cancellations are back in Europe as the continent deals with a new wave of coronavirus cases. Although in Britain, almost anything goes. nyti.ms
@WSJ 4 years ago The European Union will return to Africa millions of doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, following criticism that the bloc was taking away shots from the continent with the lowest immunization rate in the world on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 4 years ago Digital Covid-19 certificates aimed at facilitating free movement in the EU came into force across the continent on Thursday. nyti.ms
@WSJ 4 years ago The biggest seizure of fake Covid-19 vaccines in Africa has prompted warnings on a continent lagging in its inoculation effort on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 4 years ago In much of the African continent, most deaths are not formally registered. Health officials suspect that may be causing underreporting of coronavirus deaths. nyti.ms
@WSJ 4 years ago Covid-19 has finally reached Antarctica, making it the last continent to be affected by the pandemic on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago From a small corner in Spain, to across the continent: New discoveries about how Europe’s second coronavirus wave spread offer lessons as America embarks on holiday travel on.wsj.com
@WSJ 4 years ago In an abrupt reversal of fortunes, Europe is once again at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. Until this fall, the continent appeared to have it under better control than the U.S. But it’s now recording more and faster-rising deaths. on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 4 years ago While many of Europe's largest countries are seeing a surge in new coronavirus cases, Sweden — vilified in the spring for refusing to order a lockdown — currently is sailing along with among the lowest infection rates on the continent nyti.ms
@WSJ 5 years ago Croatia was a rare European country to bring daily new Covid-19 cases to zero back in May. Now it has become an example of how summer tourism triggered a second wave of infections sweeping much of the continent. on.wsj.com
@WSJ 5 years ago Young Europeans, tired of adhering to social-distancing measures, flock to beaches and bars, fueling a rise in Covid-19 cases across the continent on.wsj.com