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Lockdown exit plan coming this week - Italy PM
On Tuesday, Italy recorded a drop in the number of people currently infected for the second day in a row.
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Lockdown exit plan coming this week - Italy PM
On Tuesday, Italy recorded a drop in the number of people currently infected for the second day in a row.
Coronavirus crisis tests Putin's grip on power
Russia's lockdown has thrown businesses into despair and the Kremlin's lack of remedies is causing anger.
Berlin Marathon in September off
The Berlin Marathon will not go ahead as planned on 27 September after Germany bans large-scale events until late October.
Allergy impact from invasive weed 'underestimated'
The impact on human health of an invasive ragweed plant may be "seriously underestimated".
Coronavirus: Can you compare countries?
Should you be comparing Covid-19 statistics between countries?
'IS rapper' arrested by police in Spain
Spanish police say they have detained Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, formerly of west London, after a raid.
Italian football club adopts boy's shirt design
A six-year-old wins a competition to design Pescara football club's shirt for next season.
Coronavirus crisis tests Putin's grip on power
Russia's lockdown has thrown businesses into despair and the Kremlin's lack of remedies is causing anger.
Berlin Marathon in September off
The Berlin Marathon will not go ahead as planned on 27 September after Germany bans large-scale events until late October.
Allergy impact from invasive weed 'underestimated'
The impact on human health of an invasive ragweed plant may be "seriously underestimated".
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Austria plans to reopen bars and restaurants in mid-May, while Italy’s prime minister urges “maximum caution” in easing its lockdown. Here’s the latest from Europe:
- Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said he would announce a plan by the end of this week to slowly exit lockdown starting from 4 May, but urged “maximum caution”. Latest figures on Tuesday show deaths rose by 534 in the last 24 hours, but the country registered its second daily decline in the number of people currently confirmed to have the virus
- Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz says bars and restaurants will be able to reopen from 15 May – although staff will probably have to wear face masks, and there will be rules on group sizes and closing times. Religious services could also resume then. But if infection rates rise again, the government will reimpose tighter restrictions
- Children have not been allowed outside at all under Spain’s lockdown rules. But as of Monday, children under 14 can accompany their parents to the pharmacy and on grocery trips – though they still won’t be able to go out and play. The government has extended the nationwide lockdown until 9 May
- In France, the number of coronavirus patients in intensive care fell for the 13th consecutive day, dropping from 5,683 to 5,433 in the past 24 hours. Deaths continued to rise, however, increasing by 531 to 20,796 in total on Tuesday
- And a six-year-old in Italy has won a competition to redesign his club’s football kit. Pescara launched the competition in a bid to ease the boredom for kids stuck inside
Italian boy, 6, wins football shirt design contest
Some lighter news from lockdown Italy: a six-year-old boy, Luigi D'Agostino, has designed the football shirt to be worn by Italian second division team Pescara next season.
His was the winning design in a club competition, launched to relieve the tedium for Italian children stuck indoors since 9 March. Hundreds of other children took part in what became a social media hit. The motto was "give a kick to Covid-19".
The Pescara team, based in an Adriatic beach resort, appropriately has a dolphin as its emblem.
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