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Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Wednesday that the country may be facing “one, two, three months” of restrictions on movement of people. A total of 3,600 companies have...

The number of people with coronavirus who have died in Britain rose by 563 to a total 2,352 by 4pm on March 31, the government said on Wednesday.

STUDENTS at an Irish secondary school which operates as a Microsoft digital hub have unveiled a remarkable production line for personal protection equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers battling the Covid-19...

The rate of new coronavirus infections in Malaysia appears to be slowing amid month-long curbs on movement, a senior health official said on Wednesday, citing research by a government-backed think...

The State may find itself footing a bill of up to €25bn in the economic war on Coronavirus, according to KBC's Austin Hughes.

Iran warned the US on Wednesday that it was leading the Middle East to disaster amid the coronavirus pandemic after it “deployed Patriot air defense missiles” to Iraq. Washington had...

Cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan is leading a campaign by cancer patients encouraging the public to follow social distancing guidelines as a "matter of life or death".

THE Government has said that not all Covid-19 test centres are open today as the HSE has apologised to people still waiting for their results.

Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan is in hospital for tests unrelated to the coronavirus.

SCHOOL Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are being redeployed to work in community-based centres for children with disabilities during the Covid-19 crisis

Japan's government is expanding a ban on the entry of non-Japanese people to cover 73 countries, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday. The number of countries was increased by...

A man has been charged in Cork after he was stopped at a routine Covid-19 checkpoint where €70,000 worth of heroine was found in his jacket.

A man has been charged in Cork after he was stopped at a routine Covid-19 checkpoint where €70,000 worth of heroin was found in his jacket.

NEWS just in – jogging is to be banned. Actually, that was my lame attempt at an April fool gag.

Commuters who are saving money as they work from home during the coronavirus lockdown are being urged to donate some of it to the relief effort.

NOT even a virus pandemic was going to stop romantic Denis McCarthy from paying a special golden anniversary tribute to his beloved wife, Ann, in a Cork nursing home.

The parents of a two and half year old boy who tested positive for COVID-19, warned people to heed expert medical advice about the virus and “stay indoors” to stop...

The Afghan government will release some Taliban prisoners this week as part of confidence building measure, officials said on Wednesday. The move is crucial for the success of the peace...

Spain has reported a new record of 864 deaths in one day while total infections broke the 100,000 mark, making it the third country to surpass that milestone behind the...

Keep informed of these unprecedented times with the latest coronavirus updates on Independent.ie's live blog.

Organizers of Tokyo 2020 left the Olympic flame in the hands of Fukushima Prefecture on Wednesday. It will be there on display in a lantern for the next month after...

In the storm of infection and death sweeping Italy, one big community stands out to health officials as remarkably unscathed -- the 50,000 ethnic Chinese who live in the town...

The coronavirus pandemic is the worst global crisis since World War II, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said. The scale of the crisis is due to “a disease that represents...

We have become so used to seeing the wheels of Government spinning in mid-air, the pace of decision-making recently has been dizzying.

Another week in confinement saw new measures being introduced. An Taoiseach has said he doesn't like the phrase 'lockdown' as a concept. Perhaps because it sounds punitive, unlike the cosy...

Back in the summer of 2016 when Angus Lloyd took Ulster up on their offer of a development contract, the Dubliner made the tough decision to put his medical studies...

Amazon warehouse, delivery and retail gig workers in the US went on strike this week to call attention to safety and wage concerns for people labouring through the coronavirus crisis.

A group set up to help feed frontline workers battling coronavirus has hit more than €550,000 in donations.

My name is Alice and I am a 23-year-old Irish expat living in Berlin.

On March 6, Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) urged members to introduce restrictions on the number of people who could visit their care facilities.

We write this from our cosy house in isolation. The last week has been a blur.

A leading Irish emergency medicine specialist has warned that in any worst-case Covid-19 scenario, patients will be assessed for critical care resources on their overall chances of survival.

Baby Turlough arrived ahead of schedule in the early hours of February 21. In the 40 days since he's been here, the world has turned upside down.

Russian parliamentarians have approved legislation that would bring in jail sentences of up to seven years for people who flout quarantine rules as the number of coronavirus cases jumped by...

My name is Rachel, I'm 24 and I moved to the UK two years ago from Roscommon. I'm currently working in a busy London hospital as a gynaecology nurse.

Italian mayors and regional governors yesterday bought a page in 'Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung' newspaper to ask Germany for solidarity amid the coronavirus outbreak, saying that other states agreed to cut...

Ireland has suffered its darkest day in the fight against the coronavirus with a record number of 17 deaths and 325 new cases of the infection.

IN ANNOUNCING that the country would remain shut down through April because of the coronavirus pandemic, US President Donald Trump and his advisers pointed to factors ranging from grim computer...

Clubs and counties will be given additional time to repay internal loans and membership affiliations in the coming weeks and months, county GAA chairpersons were assured via conference call yesterday.

FAI officials should find out today if they will have to decide whether Mick McCarthy or Stephen Kenny should manage Ireland for their Euro 2020 play-off.