Regular selfies, trackers and phone-based “electronic fence”: How govts to control coronavirus quarantined
WARSAW, Mar 23, 2020, The Business Insider. The Polish government has introduced a new app…
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Europe considers ‘Corona Bonds’ amounting to 1 trillion euros as a way to pay for coronavirus crisis
BERLIN, Mar 23, 2020, CNBC. European countries are under growing pressure to take an unprecedented…
German leader Angela Merkel enters self-quarantine as death toll passes 5,000 in Italy
BERLIN, Mar 23, 2020, SCMP. German leader Angela Merkel has to be put under self-quarantine…
China’s coastal city donates 700,000 masks to Europe, Japan
FUZHOU, Mar 22, 2020, Xinhua. The city of Fuqing, eastern China’s Fujian Province, will ship…
About 20 novel coronavirus vaccines in development worldwide: WHO
GENEVA, Mar 21, 2020, TASS. About 20 vaccines against the novel coronavirus are currently being…
Order’s delays and cancellations of the textile-garment exports from Vietnam rises in EU, US
HANOI, Mar 21, 2020, The Hanoi Times. The growing numbers of order delays and cancellations…
Fitch nearly halves global growth forecast to 1.3 per cent for 2020 on Covid-19 hit
SINGAPORE, Mar 20, 2020, BT. Fitch Ratings has “aggressively lowered” its global economic forecasts, with…
Italy asks for help from EU crisis fund as death toll spikes
ROME, Mar 20, 2020, CNBC. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte asked the European Union to use…
Prince Albert of Monaco tests positive for coronavirus
MONACO, Mar 19, 2020, Euronews. Prince Albert of Monaco has tested positive for COVID-19 coronavirus,…
Italy’s shock coronavirus death toll, S. Korea’s cases rebound, Australia and NZ ban non-residents
ROME, Mar 19, 2020, SCMP. Italy on Wednesday reported 475 new deaths from the novel…
Oil slumps to 18-year low as Saudi Arabia ramps up price war
LONDON, Mar 18, 2020, Bloomberg. Oil crude sank below $25 a barrel for the first…
EU Commission blamed Russia’s media for coronavirus disinformation
BRUSSELS, Mar 18, 2020, Reuters. The European Union has seen a flurry of disinformation about…