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Germany has today extended its €1.1trillion coronavirus spending package to guarantee 100 per cent of loans to small and medium-sized firms. Angela Merkel’s government will underwrite €500,000 of lending to companies with up to 50 employees and €800,000 for firms with up to 250 workers. ‘These speedy loans should make sure that middle-sized companies have … Read more
As Britain and America start to draw up plans for life after the lockdown, they may look for inspiration from European countries where the coronavirus crisis has already showed signs of peaking. Austria today became the first country to set out detailed plans for ending the standstill, with smaller shops re-opening on April 14 and … Read more
Ministers are said to be furious at ‘megalomaniac’ NHS bosses and Public Health England’s failure to get to grips with testing and protective equipment shortages – as a new survey shows their staff have no faith in their leaders. There have been increasing concerns about the level of diagnostic testing for the deadly pandemic, with … Read more
The US continues to outpace every other country in coronavirus cases as the pandemic spreads. There are more than 245,000 confirmed cases in America. That is twice as many as the country with the second-highest number of cases: Spain at 117,000. In just a matter of weeks, the US surpassed other countries once considered to … Read more
The US continues to outpace every other country in coronavirus cases as the pandemic spreads. There are more than 245,000 confirmed cases in America. That is twice as many as the country with the second-highest number of cases: Spain at 117,000. In just a matter of weeks, the US surpassed other countries once considered to … Read more
Measures taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Germany have today started to show effect, say experts – despite the country’s death toll breaking through 1,000. While the number of infections reached nearly 80,000 today, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for disease control reassured the country that the spread was slowing. RKI president … Read more
Scientists who offered their help to the British Government’s coronavirus swab testing effort say they never heard back from officials. Universities, private laboratories and research institutes could have been processing thousands of coronavirus tests for weeks, they say, if they had been enlisted. A COVID-19 testing row erupted this week after Germany scaled up its testing … Read more
Germany’s death toll from coronavirus broke through 1,000 today while the number of infections reached nearly 80,000. The Robert Koch Institute announced another 145 deaths in its latest figures this morning, a similar jump to yesterday’s 140 and Wednesday’s 149. It brings Germany’s death toll from 872 to 1,017, with a mortality rate of 1.3 … Read more
A leading scientist has cast doubts on how the coronavirus is spreading across the globe as a team of experts prepare to head out to a village that has been dubbed ‘Germany’s Wuhan’, where they hope to unlock vital information about the bug. Prof Hendrik Streeck, director of the Institute of Virology at the University … Read more
A leading scientist has cast doubts on how the coronavirus is spreading across the globe as a team of experts prepare to head out to a village that has been dubbed ‘Germany’s Wuhan’, where they hope to unlock vital information about the bug. Prof Hendrik Streeck, director of the Institute of Virology at the University … Read more