Why does the UK have Europe’s highest official coronavirus toll?
While the British government insists it has been "guided by the science" and taken "the right decisions at the right time", the toll of 42,000 coronavirus deaths has fuelled criticism
Montenegro woos tourists to Europe’s ‘corona-free’ corner
Less than two months after detecting its first infection, Montenegro is the first European country to declare itself coronavirus-free, a pronouncement it hopes will lure tourists to its Adriatic coast
Resourceful Belgians team up to supply virus masks
Belgium has promised every resident a protective mask from next week, when the country begins to lift its coronavirus lockdown, and mayors like Yves Kinnard are taking matters into their own hands
Exit lockdowns with caution to avoid being confined again: experts
As several countries prepare to ease sweeping restrictions in place to slow the coronavirus pandemic, experts say the openings should be enacted with caution to avoid a fresh wave of infection
Furloughed staff in Sweden retrain to help hospitals
Furloughed because of the pandemic, airline and hotel employees in Sweden are retraining to work as hospital and nursing home assistants as the country's death toll exceeds 1,200
Coronavirus: counting the dead, a difficult process
The daily count of fatalities of the COVID-19 pandemic is a sensitive business, with data often incomplete and differing methods between countries
100,000 deaths as coronavirus pandemic continues to rage
More than 100,000 people across the globe have died from the novel coronavirus since it emerged in China last December, according to an AFP tally based on official sources
Lives behind grim coronavirus numbers
As the coronavirus death toll spirals in country after country, the sheer scale of the pandemic sweeping the globe can sometimes obscure individual tragedies
Global coronavirus cases top 1 million as pandemic spreads
The number of officially reported coronavirus cases worldwide has topped one million, signifying a sharp acceleration in the number of infections and deaths in recent weeks
Germany bets on S. Korean model in virus fightback
In the race against the coronavirus, Germany is betting on widespread testing and quarantining to break the infection chain, a strategy borrowed from South Korea
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