coronavirus in europe

The leading virus expert of Spain’s government says the European country is “very close” to having checked its coronavirus outbreak. Fernando Simón, the director of Spain’s health alerts and emergency center, says “We could be very close to having the...

With warmer weather beckoning, Italians are straining against a strict lockdown to halt the coronavirus that is just now showing signs of ebbing at the end of five weeks of mass isolation. Italy was the first Western democracy to be...

A week ago, emergency rooms and intensive care wards in Spain and Italy were overflowing with woozy, coughing coronavirus patients and literally buzzing with breathing machines. So many died that Barcelona crematories have a waiting list of up to two...