UNRIC donates its stock of surgical masks to health facilities in...
Between March 19 and 23, our office distributed 3,100 surgical masks to health professionals working in several institutions in Flanders and the Brussels region.
UNRIC...
Be Smurfs, Stay Home and Wash your Hands
New week, same goals: stay positive, wash your hands regularly with soap, and stay at home. That is the mantra.
The Smurfs have come to...
COVID-19 : Europeans are no longer “walking alone”
Across Europe, people are showing unprecedented solidarity in the face of the COVID-19 Coronavirus both in words and deeds since the continent became the...
COVID-19: “We are at war with a virus”– UN Secretary-General
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged the world’s nations to unite in their battle against the COVID-19 virus on Thursday (March 19).
“Our world faces...
The kindness and love of strangers in times of COVID-19
An Australian tourist with COVID-19 died in a remote part of Iceland on 16 March. His wife also tested positive for COVID-19 and Icelandic...
COVID-19: European Union suspends non-essential travel for non-EU citizens
The European Union has suspended all non-essential travel to the bloc for non-EU citizens for 30 days in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, European...