The severe restriction in the Netherlands will begin on Saturday, keeping residents housebound between 9 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. US President Biden has released a 23-page plan to combat the virus. Follow DW for the latest.
The severe restriction in the Netherlands will begin on Saturday, keeping residents housebound between 9 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. US President Biden has released a 23-page plan to combat the virus. Follow DW for the latest.
Coronavirus digest: Netherlands introduces curfew to halt spread of new variant
The severe restriction in the Netherlands will begin on Saturday, keeping residents housebound between 9 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. US President Biden has released a 23-page plan to combat the virus. Follow DW for the latest.
Eindhoven: The curfew will see residents remain at home from 9 p.m every night
The Netherlands will impose a curfew on its citizens for the first time, beginning Saturday, in an attempt to halt the rapid spread of a coronavirus variant.
The parliament agreed to the measure the most severe so far after much heated debate.
London has declared a "major incident," saying hospitals in the British capital could soon be overwhelmed. Elsewhere, Germany has registered a new record daily death toll. DW has the latest from around the world.
Flying in 2021 it can only get better
Hardly any other sector was as hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic as aviation. But COVID also brought unexpected opportunities for an industry seemingly in peril.
A Lufthansa plane taking off from Frankfurt airport
There are some unexpected success stories in a year that IATA Director General Alexandre de Juniac branded an annus horribilis for aviation. And even this characterization might be an understatement. But one has to look for these small hints of hope amid widespread desperation.
For example, Dubai-based Emirates Airlines, one of the grand industry players, was no stranger to success and always in expansion mode. Not so in 2020: For months on end, there were no flights or just a fraction of normal operations. That s something that would have been impossible to imagine only months before. It s been a year like no other.