lockdown

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday announced a six-week lockdown for England’s 56 million people, including the closure of schools, after a surge in coronavirus cases brought warnings that hospitals could soon face collapse. Johnson...

The German government and the country’s 16 federal states have agreed to extend a strict lockdown until Jan. 31 in an effort to bring coronavirus infections under control, Bild newspaper reported on Monday, without providing a...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday that tougher lockdown restrictions were probably on the way as COVID-19 cases keep rising, but that schools were safe places and children should continue to attend where permitted....

The southern German region of Bavaria, which has so far recorded the country’s highest coronavirus death toll, announced on Sunday that it will impose a tougher lockdown from Wednesday until Jan. 5. People in Bavaria will...

France is easing the lockdown due to Corona. In addition to emergency supplies, other stores are also being allowed to open. The country’s president, Emanuel Makhon, made the announcement in a televised address on Tuesday. This...

Oil prices hit a five-month low on Monday following fresh virus-induced lockdowns. More economies have tightened social restrictions including the UK, France and Germany as they battle rising infection rates. The fear is that the new...

The Australian city of Melbourne will exit lockdown from Wednesday after recording no new Covid-19 cases for the first time since June. Victoria state was the epicentre of Australia’s second wave, accounting for more than 90%...

More than three million people in Madrid have had new restrictions imposed on their lives as Spain tries to control the most serious second wave of Covid-19 infections in Europe. From this weekend, people can travel...

Britain was on Friday considering whether to impose a second national lockdown, after new COVID-19 cases almost doubled to 6,000 per day, hospital admissions rose and infection rates soared across parts of northern England and London....

Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand has declared a 12-day extension of lockdown, after a cluster of cases grew to 29. There are four “alert levels” in New Zealand, and Auckland has been on Level...