Ministers were accused of bungling the drive for mass coronavirus testing today amid claims the UK does have the lab capacity to match Germany. Experts insisted ‘organisation’ rather than a shortage of facilities is to blame for the painfully slow rise in checks – warning that the lockdown cannot end until the situation changes. Former … Read more
Germany will give 100,000 people coronavirus antibody tests in the next few weeks as part of a major trial to get millions of workers out of lockdown. The mass study will allow officials to determine who has already caught the deadly infection and is therefore immune to being struck down again. British health chiefs have still … Read more
Germany has recorded its biggest daily jump in coronavirus deaths after 128 more people were added to the death toll today. The dozens of new deaths announced by the Robert Koch Institute bring the tally from 455 to 583, an increase of more than 28 per cent. It also brings Germany’s mortality rate up to … Read more
Hundreds return to old-fashioned movie drive-ins for socially distanced entertainment in Germany during the coronavirus pandemic, as the country announces it will test 200,000 people a day for the virus. Angela Merkel’s government plans to replicate South Korea’s success in slowing the outbreak by testing all suspected cases and the entire circle of people who have come … Read more
Germany is planning to test 200,000 people a day for coronavirus in the hope of replicating South Korea’s success in slowing the outbreak, it has emerged. Angela Merkel’s government wants to test all suspected cases and the entire circle of people who have come into contact with a confirmed patient. South Korea ‘can be an … Read more
Germany to issue coronavirus ‘immunity certificates’ to people who have recovered in a bid to bring their lockdown to an end Researchers will use the data to decide where and when lockdowns will cease Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig overseeing project Carrying out blood tests in order to detect antibodies associated with immunity … Read more
A bid to evacuate coronavirus patients from hard-hit areas of eastern France has begun, with German forces stepping in to take some to hospitals over the border. Two specially modified TGV high-speed trains carried 36 patients from Mulhouse and Nancy toward hospitals along France’s western coast today, where the outbreak has been limited so far. … Read more
40,000 people are quarantined after ONE ‘super spreader’ preacher, 70, caused Indian coronavirus outbreak following trip to Italy Twenty villages in Punjab put in isolation after Baldev Singh returned from Italy Mr Singh, 70, visited Germany before going home for Hola Mohalla Sikh festival He died from coronavirus and a week on 19 members of … Read more
Switzerland has become the fifth European country to declare more than 10,000 coronavirus infections after the number of cases jumped by almost 1,000 in the last 24 hours. The Alpine country’s health ministry revealed that 10,714 citizens have been infected this morning, and warned that this number will continue to rise for at least another … Read more
Germany’s coronavirus death toll has risen by a third in 24 hours, but the mortality rate remains low at 0.5 per cent, the latest figures revealed today. The Robert Koch health institute today reported 49 new deaths in Germany, taking the total from 149 to 198. The total number of infections increased by 15.7 per … Read more