[block type="summary”]Luxembourg has recorded another 12 confirmed infections, bringing the total count to 3,741. The death toll has increased by 1, to 89.
The UN warned that free content (books, films, music) is a threat to fragile cultural industries.
France and Spain were poised Tuesday to announce plans to ease strict lockdowns that have been in place for weeks, treading a fine line between allowing stalled economies to reboot while staving off another wave of contagion in the hard-hit countries.
The arthritis drug tocilizumab has shown early promise in preventing extreme inflammation in gravely ill COVID-19 patients, according to a French clinical study.
Spain’s unemployment rate jumped in the first quarter to 14.4 percent, figures from national statistics institute INE showed Tuesday, as a nationwide coronavirus lockdown hit the eurozone’s fourth largest economy.
Low-cost carrier Wizz Air said it plans to restart flights from Vienna to 20 destinations over the coming weeks, with the first services running from Friday.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday made his first public appearance since being hospitalised with coronavirus three weeks ago, saying Britain was beginning to “turn the tide” on the outbreak but rejecting calls to ease a nationwide lockdown.
US President Donald Trump suggested that he may seek damages from China over the coronavirus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan and spread around the world.
On the subject of Trump, new reports suggest he was repeatedly warned about the dangers of the novel coronavirus in intelligence briefings in January and February.
