Spain goes under lockdown to fight coronavirus
Spain put its 47 million inhabitants under partial lockdown on Saturday as part of a 15-day state of emergency to combat the coronavirus epidemic in Europe’s second worst-affected country by the disease after Italy.
Contre le coronavirus, Édouard Philippe annonce la fermeture des commerces non essentiels
Lors d’une allocution, le Premier ministre français Édouard Philippe a annoncé samedi que l’ensemble des commerces non essentiels fermeront à partir de minuit pour lutter contre la propagation du coronavirus. Par ailleurs, Jérôme Salomon, directeur général de la Santé, a officialisé le passage de la France au stade 3 de l’épidémie.
Coronavirus : la fermeture des frontières, mesure de santé publique ou calcul politique ?
La propagation rapide du virus en Europe a poussé les nations à prendre des mesures drastiques, certains tats allant jusqu’à annoncer la fermeture de leurs frontières. Des décisions individuelles, pourtant contraires aux préconisations de l’OMS et de l’UE qui appellent à une action commune pour protéger la zone Schengen.
Coronavirus : quarantaine quasi totale en Espagne
Le Premier ministre espagnol a annoncé une série de mesures exceptionnelles samedi pour endiguer la pandémie de coronavirus. Une quarantaine quasi totale du pays a été décrétée
Colombia strikes to go ahead without marches to avoid coronavirus
Unions and student groups in Colombia on Friday said a strike planned for March 25 to protest against the social and economic policies of President Ivan Duque will go ahead but they canceled public marches to avoid the spread of the coronavirus.
Here’s what the new U.S. restrictions on Europe mean for travelers
The United States will suspend travel from certain European countries for 30 days beginning at midnight on Friday as part of an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
As coronavirus chaos spreads globally, Trump declares U.S. emergency
President Donald Trump declared a U.S. national emergency over the quickly spreading coronavirus on Friday, opening the door to more government aid to combat a pathogen that has infected more than 138,000 people worldwide and left over 5,000 dead.
China’s coronavirus epicenter of Wuhan sees single-digit new cases for second day
China’s Wuhan city, ground zero of the new coronavirus outbreak, reported five new cases on Friday, the second day in a row the tally has been less than 10, while no locally transmitted infections were reported in the rest of the country.
Policymakers ramp up support as coronavirus shreds markets
Governments and central banks readied more emergency measures to tackle the economic impacts of the coronavirus on Friday as Asian markets suffered their worst weekly crashes since the 2008 financial crisis.
City of Yichang in China’s Hubei eases travel curbs against coronavirus
China’s city of Yichang in central Hubei province will loosen travel curbs adopted to rein in a coronavirus outbreak, allowing people to move in and out, the government said on Friday, in a statement on its website.
