Photo: Credit The Independent, Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, By Andrew Woodcock City’s leaders say £75m in business support needed to prevent poverty Boris Johnson has sparked fury in Greater Manchester by announcing support worth just £22m – £8 for each of the city’s 2.8 million residents – as he imposed the most stringent

As case numbers and fatalities rise across Europe in a second wave of the novel coronavirus, many countries are introducing more severe precautions agains the outbreak than when it first made its way to the continent at the beginning of the year. France France, which has seen daily infections skyrocket to between 22,000 and 32,000

As new virus numbers hit post-lockdown peak, Brigitte Macron in 7-day confinement after exposure to positive case France’s first lady has gone into isolation for seven days following her exposure to a person who tested positive for COVID-19, her office announced on Monday. Brigitte Macron, 67, will self-quarantine at the Elysee Palace on Monday, Oct.

A government spokesman said Monday, Oct. 19, 2020 that the stadium will have room for 500 patients and will be equipped with oxygen therapy for those who need it. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File) WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government is transforming the National Stadium in Warsaw into a field hospital to handle the surging number

Nightly curfew to be imposed in Paris, other major cities starting Saturday French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday announced that nightly curfew will be imposed in Paris and other cities, as a state of emergency has been declared in the country to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. In an interview broadcast on national

In this Sept. 8, 2020 file photo, Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo sticks out his tongue during the Portugal against Sweden UEFA Nations League soccer match at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. The Portuguese soccer federation says on Tuesday, Oct. 13 Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for the coronavirus. The federation says Ronaldo is doing well and

In this Oct. 9, 2020, file photo, a medical team treats a patient infected with COVID-19 in one of the intensive care units (ICU) at the Severo Ochoa hospital in Leganes, outskirts of Madrid, Spain. Europe’s second wave of coronavirus infections has struck well before flu season even started. Intensive care wards are filling up

London mayor Sadiq Khan has said he is of the “firm view” that action should be taken before the virus spirals out of control (PA) By NICHOLAS CECIL Professor Kevin Fenton said that there was ‘undeniable evidence’ that the disease is spreading in the capital London is facing a “very real threat” as Covid-19 cases

Aidah Kobusingye, right, gives blood at a blood-donation drive organized by the Rotary club and Uganda Blood Transfusion Services in City Square, Kampala, Uganda Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020. Health authorities in Uganda say the supply of blood has sharply declined since the start of the coronavirus pandemic as fewer people donate and schools remain closed.

Photo: Credit Associated Press Dr. Sean Conley, physician to President Donald Trump, briefs reporters at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. Trump was admitted to the hospital after contracting the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House sent contradictory messages about President Donald Trump’s health