Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa predicted on Monday that it would be necessary to prolong the measures that are in place, with or without a state of emergency and due to the “success in lowering the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic”. The first supply of COVID-19 medical equipment from China landed in Ireland on Sunday, following a €208m deal with the Chinese. “EI9018 has returned to Dublin following a bird strike,” an Aer Lingus spokeswoman said, adding that the plane will be assessed by engineers in Dublin before being cleared for a new flight to China. An Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to China, which was due to fly out on Monday to collect medical supplies for the fight against coronavirus, had to turn back to Ireland because of a collision with a bird. “That is a cumbersome experiment, locking up people for four to five months,” he added. “At the end of the day, it did not matter how many infections we have,” said Carlson. Head of Sweden’s public health agency Johan Carlson said in a TV interview on Sunday (29 March) that the country’s approach to coronavirus was the right one, adding that the authorities “remain pretty confident i t is the best way to stop the disease from spreading”. EURACTIV’s Pekka Vänttinen looks into it. Restaurants will have to close immediately, while ferries between Finland and Sweden will carry only goods and freight and passenger traffic is terminated. On Monday, the Finnish government decided to extend its emergency legislation for a month until 13 May. EURACTIV’s Philipp Grüll has more.Īlso read: Austria imports workers from Bulgaria, Romania to plug gaps in COVID-19 careĮxtending emergency legislation until 13 May. In supermarkets, shoppers will be obliged to wear protective mouth-nose-masks (as opposed to medical-quality masks used by doctors) which will be distributed at the shops’ entrances by Wednesday at the latest. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced new and stricter measures to combat the spread of coronavirus on Monday. ![]() ( Alexandra Brzozowski | )Īustria tightens measures restricting social life. Emergency economic measures are set to cost the federal government up to €10 billion, David Clarinval, federal minister for budget said last week, while fiscal measures could cost €4.5 billion, along with additional ones to support the unemployed and self-employed. Although the full sum is unknown, “the additional need runs into billions, that is clear”, Belgian media quoted director Jean Deboutte as saying.Įxperts expect it would be a loan over five to seven years. Belgium will borrow extra money to pay for its increased spending through government bonds, according to reports of the Belgian Debt Agency. If restrictions are lifted by mid-May, the economy would only shrink by 2.8%. The slump could reach up to 5.4%, which is just 0.3% short of the contraction in 2009 if restrictions last longer or production is further halted as a result of the crisis. Meanwhile, the country will go into an “unavoidable” recession, according to a report from the German Council of Economic Experts. While they intend to take stock of the current measures and assess how best to proceed, they will not advocate for the removal of restrictions, as the speed of the virus’ spread is still far too high to relax the restrictions, the spoksesperson confirmed. Germany’s federal government and heads of the country’s 16 federal states are set to meet again on Wednesday (1 April), a government spokesperson announced on Monday (30 March). On the day that President Emmanuel Macron announced sweeping plans to go into a 15-day period of enforced lockdown from Tuesday, concerns also arose as to the potential increase in cases of gender-based domestic violence, following a previous surge in China under similar conditions.Īnother federal-state meeting. ![]() While domestic violence across France increased by “32% in one week”, in Paris it rose by as much as 36%. Secretary of State for Gender Equality, Marlène Schiappa, has revealed a dramatic increase in domestic violence cases since the lockdown started about two weeks ago. **To stay up-to-date on everything to do with the coronavirus across the capitals, feel free to check out EURACTIV’s comprehensive overview, which is regularly updated with the help of our network of offices and media partners.** ![]() ![]() īefore you start reading today’s edition of the Capitals, feel free to have a look at the article “ EU Commission expects deeper recession than in 2009” by Jorge Valero and “ Brussels seeks ‘consensual’ economic response to COVID-19 crisis, shifting away from coronabonds” by Beatriz Rios.Īlso read the story “ COVID-19 pandemic raises questions on preparedness for biological threats” written by Alexandra Brzozowski. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. The Capitals brings you the latest news from across Europe, through on-the-ground reporting by EURACTIV’s media network.
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