President Emmanuel Macron extended movement restrictions to cover the whole of France and said schools would close for three weeks as he sought to push back a third wave of COVID-19 infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals. Macron said he was extending the lockdown rules already in place in Paris, swathes of the north and parts of […] Read more
Europe has recorded a sharp rise in the number of new Covid-19 infections in recent weeks, reflecting an alarming trend as the World Health Organization warns “no country can just pretend the pandemic is over.” The number of new coronavirus cases reported across the region increased by 5.6% to a total of just over 4 million […] Read more
