How Iceland Handles Contact Tracing
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Aevar Palmason, who lives in Iceland, about an app the country is using to track people who may have been exposed to COVID-19.
Europe
Eurovision Song Contest To 'Shine A Light' With Pandemic Special
Instead of leaving super fans without glitter, glam and hard-rock hallelujah, the annual event now in it's 64th year, will air a live two-hour special available for viewing in more than 40 countries.
Italy Plans To Lift Some Coronavirus Travel Restrictions Early Next Month
In a decree issued Saturday, officials said they would once more allow travelers to and from the country beginning June 3. The announcement marks a major step in the hard-hit country's reopening plan.
How Opposition Parties In 3 Countries Are Performing In Pandemic Politics
The coronavirus gave a boost to many presidents and prime ministers around the globe. Take a look at three democracies: the U.K., Israel and Brazil.
French Drug Giant Sanofi Takes Heat After Suggesting U.S. May Get 1st Vaccine Access
An uproar followed comments by Sanofi's CEO that if the company develops a vaccine, doses would likely go to Americans first. The board president later insisted, "Any vaccine will be a public good."
Surrogate-Born Babies Wait In Ukraine Amid Coronavirus Travel Restrictions
The pandemic has hit the global business of surrogate birthing, leaving many infants and their new parents thousands of miles apart.
Germany, Europe's Largest Economy, Enters Recession Due To Coronavirus
Germany has seen its biggest quarterly contraction since 2009 when the global financial crisis ravaged the country's economy. Economists expect an even deeper slump in the second quarter.
Confusion Over Who Would Get 1st Access To Coronavirus Vaccine Exposes Problems
Confusion over who would get first access to a multi-national company's coronavirus vaccine has laid bare the sensitivities over nationalism and medicine during the pandemic.
European Parliament Lawmakers Demand Punishment For Hungary Over Emergency Powers
The lawmakers demanded Thursday that European Union leaders punish Hungary's government for using the COVID-19 pandemic to grab power via a new law allowing the prime minister to rule by decree.
French Linguists Conclude The Debate Over The Gender Of The Word 'COVID-19'
French linguists at the Académie Française have finally put an end to the debate of which of the definitive articles — a masculine le, or a feminine la — to use with the word "COVID-19."