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Italy avoids Europe’s dramatic virus uptick, but for how long?
Italy was the first Western country to be struck by the coronavirus pandemic, but now it is an outlier in Europe with limited new cases. How did it avoid a second wave in new infections?
The coronavirus pandemic, six months on
Covid-19 has upended everyday life in the six months since it was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. This is what we know and don't know about the virus.
Varying degrees of success for coronavirus apps in Europe
Designed to help fight the spread of the coronavirus, tracking applications have encountered a series of challenges since their launch, from privacy concerns to technical glitches
In race for vaccine, safety trumps speed
The halting of clinical trials for one of the most advanced experimental Covid-19 vaccines shows the importance of safety in developing new medicines, experts say
Europe basks in hot weather as experts fear virus risk
Recently released from lockdown, many Europeans thronged shady parks as temperatures soared during a heat wave experts fear will lead to new infections as people flout social distancing rules
Virus apps expose tension between privacy and need for data
As more governments turn to tracing apps in the fight against the coronavirus, tension between the need for public health information and privacy rights has been thrust into the spotlight
Tensions rise as Germans clamour to return to Mallorcan homes
Germans with holiday homes in Mallorca are clamouring to return to the sun-soaked island as the coronavirus lockdowns ease, but Spanish authorities are pushing back
‘Stay at home’: Italy’s quarantine rules
Italians have been told to stay at home as quarantine measures are extended to the whole country to stop the spread of the coronavirus
World failed to learn SARS lessons for coronavirus fight: experts
The coronavirus outbreak has exposed a lack of global research on ways to combat the spread of infectious diseases, experts say
Pandemic: what does it mean and does it matter?
When does an epidemic become a pandemic? As the new coronavirus spreads across the globe, what does the designation mean to world healthcare systems?