Description
Added on the 09/04/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
In Switzerland, authorities in the Swiss canton of Geneva close bars, restaurants and non-essential businesses in an effort to curb the recent resurgence of Covid-19 cases. Residents have been told that they should leave their homes only when strictly necessary. Hospitals have warned that surging emergency cases may force them to decide to admit one Covid-19 patient over another if his or her chances of survival are better. IMAGES
25 German army soldiers were called in to help health authorities test employees at a large slaughterhouse in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, North Rhine-Westphalia, where more than 700 positive cases of COVID-19 were detected. IMAGES
The World Health Organization says it is studying a possible link between COVID-19 and an illness similar to Kawasaki disease that has sickened and killed children in Europe and the United States. SOUNDBITE
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announces that China will provide "two million surgical masks and 50,000 testing kits" to help the European Union cope with the coronavirus pandemic. SOUNDBITE
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives to give evidence at Britain's Covid-19 inquiry. During the pandemic he was Britain's Finance Minister, and has faced criticism for his implementation of a scheme called 'Eat Out To Help Out'. Designed to revive demand for restaurants after they were closed in Covid lockdowns, the scheme has been criticised for potentially helping spread the disease, with senior scientists saying they weren't consulted. IMAGES
Boris Johnson leaves a public inquiry into his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic after attending the first of two gruelling days in the witness box. The former British prime minister apologised for "the pain and the loss and the suffering" caused by the pandemic but defended his government. Johnson has faced a barrage of criticism from former aides for alleged indecisiveness and a lack of scientific understanding during the crisis. IMAGES