Photo taken on June 8, 2020 shows a sign inside the arrivals area of Terminal 2 of Heathrow Airport in London, Britain. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)
-- UK COVID-19 deaths rise by 286 to 40,883;
-- Spain reports no deaths for 2nd straight day;
-- Italy reports 79 new deaths, total at 34,043;
-- Cyprus reopens airports as lockdown eases.
BRUSSELS, June 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in European countries.
LONDON -- Another 286 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain as of Monday afternoon, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 40,883, the British Department of Health and Social Care said Tuesday.
The figures include deaths in all settings, including hospitals, care homes and the wider community.
Workers paint a line on the street to adapt the mobility of pedestrians and ensure social distancing in Barcelona, Spain, May 19, 2020. (Barcelona City Hall/Handout via Xinhua)
MADRID -- The Spanish Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Welfare reported no new deaths from COVID-19 for a second straight day Tuesday.
According to the ministry, a total of 27,136 people have died from COVID-19 in Spain. The figure is the same as those published on Sunday and Monday.
The ministry also informed that 50 people lost their lives to the virus in the past seven days, 23 of them in the region of Madrid. The seven-day death toll is down from the 56 reported Monday.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte (C, Rear) addresses a press conference in Rome, Italy, June 3, 2020. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)
ROME -- Italy recorded another 79 deaths from the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the national toll to 34,043, the Civil Protection Department said on Tuesday.
Total active infections stood at 32,872, a decrease of 1,858 from Monday. Meanwhile, another 2,062 COVID-19 patients have recovered, bringing the total recoveries to 168,646 on Tuesday.
Of those who tested positive for the new coronavirus, 263 are in intensive care, 20 fewer from Monday's figure, while 4,581 are hospitalized with symptoms, 148 fewer over the past 24 hours, the Civil Protection Department said.
A woman wearing a face mask walks past a laundry in Nicosia, Cyprus, May 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Baoping)
NICOSIA -- Cyprus reopened its airports to international travel on Tuesday as part of the third and most important phase of the easing of restrictions following a lockdown since mid-March, officials reported.
Transport, Communications and Works Minister Yiannis Karousos was at Larnaca Airport to meet a group of 22 people who flew in from Israel on the first incoming flight.
Five arrivals and five departures to and from Athens, Sofia and Tel Aviv were reported on Tuesday.■
