Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In Europe -- News Updates April 25, 2020

World Economic Forum: Europe surpasses 100,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths – how did we get here?

* Confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Europe exceed 100,000, but the true figure may never be known.
* Many European countries have gone into weeks-long periods of lockdown.
* Some restrictions are slowly being lifted.

The speed with which the COVID-19 coronavirus has spread is one of the hallmarks of this pandemic. Within five months of being identified it had – based on the most recent data from Johns Hopkins University – infected more than 2.7 million people.

This rapid pace was felt acutely in Europe, where on 19 April the confirmed death toll passed 100,000. This is how events developed across the continent.

Europe’s first confirmed cases were identified in France on 24 January. Soon after, it was detected in Germany, and before long Europe was described as “the epicentre of the pandemic” by World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In Italy -- News Updates April 25, 2020

Italy's daily coronavirus death toll lowest since March 19, but new cases rise -- Reuters
Italy will ease lockdown over next four weeks, with bars, restaurants and hairdressers among the last to open on May 18, local media reports -- Daily Mail
Italy said to roll back lockdown over the course of four weeks -- France 24
Italy's coronavirus epidemic began in January, study shows -- Reuters
Italy's coronavirus outbreak began in January – a month earlier than previously thought, study shows -- Daily Mail

Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In Spain -- News Updates April 25, 2020

Spain's daily coronavirus infection rate almost halves in 24 hours with just 3,995 new cases as King Felipe wears a military uniform and face mask for royal guard visit -- Daily Mail
'Toughest over': Spain's daily coronavirus deaths lowest in a month -- Reuters
Spain: Was coronavirus already spreading a month before lockdown? -- Al Jazeera
Spain Flattening Curve of Epidemic After Recoveries Surpassed New Cases -- Sputnik

Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In France -- News Updates April 25, 2020

Covid-19: France records 389 new deaths as hospital cases continue to fall -- France 24
France's coronavirus death toll rises by 389 to 22,245 -- Reuters
Covid-19: Wearing face masks will be 'recommended' but not mandatory in France -- France 24
Lockdown saved as many as 60,000 lives in France, study shows -- France 24

Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In Germany -- News Updates April 25, 2020

Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 2,055 to 152,438 - RKI -- Reuters
Germans told not to lower guard as lockdown is eased -- Reuters
Coronavirus: Germans back reopening, as experts urge caution -- DW
Germany starts preparing for SECOND wave of coronavirus with new 1,000-bed hospital as experts say cases must fall to a few hundred per day before lockdown can be eased further -- Daily Mail

Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In The U.K. -- News Updates April 25, 2020

Britain nears grim milestone of 20,000 coronavirus hospital deaths -- Reuters
UK coronavirus death toll in hospital rises to 19,506 -- Reuters
UK economy crumbling as coronavirus deaths mount -- Al Jazeera

Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In Russia -- News Updates April 25, 2020

Russia's coronavirus case tally nears 70,000 -- Reuters
Putin Instructs Security Council to Establish Ties With Foreign Partners to Fight COVID-19 -- Sputnik
Up to one in 10 residents of Moscow may have had coronavirus infections: laboratory -- Reuters
Russia's lockdown surveillance measures need regulating, rights groups say -- Reuters
Moscow Mayor Doesn't Want to Use Troops in COVID-19 Response Like Other Countries -- Sputnik
Coronavirus lockdown pushes refugees in Russia to the brink -- Reuters