The European Union's agency for disease control has said that the U.K. is among five countries in the region that are still not seeing a decline in new coronavirus cases.
A raft of fashion labels are now making non-medical masks to sell to consumers, including band t-shirt maker Bravado, which has made Rolling Stones, Queen and Ariana Grande versions.
The U.K. has now surpassed Italy as the worst-hit country in Europe and is second only to the U.S. for Covid-19-related deaths worldwide, according to the official statistics for each country.
The U.S.-based company, which is working alongside German drugmaker BioNTech, said the first human participants in the United States have been dosed with the potential vaccine, BNT162.
A global health expert and physician told CNBC that easing lockdowns without taking certain action would risk a second surge in coronavirus infections.
The German court said the decision does not concern any financial assistance measures taken by the European Union or the ECB in the context of the current coronavirus crisis.
The next two years are going to be "very difficult" for the Middle East, where the private sector is "not as strong," said Alain Bejjani of Majid Al Futtaim.
Hong Kong's government announced on Monday that the city's economy contracted 8.9% in the first quarter as compared to a year ago — its largest decline on record since 1974.
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BNP Paribas reported a fall in net income for the first quarter on Tuesday, as it warned the coronavirus has had three "major negative impacts" on its balance sheet.
Indonesia's economy grew 2.97% year over year in the first quarter — the weakest growth rate since the first three months of 2001, reported Reuters, citing data by the country's statistics bureau.