(Natural News) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended the country’s national coronavirus lockdown – considered to be the largest in the world – until May 3. The announcement, which was made on Tuesday, has been heavily criticized by millions of Indians, many of whom report being left without any support as their main sources of income […]

(Natural News) As major cities all over Europe go into lockdown, levels of air pollution are dropping dramatically. Levels of particulate matter, which usually come from vehicles burning fuel, as well as nitrogen dioxide from vehicle exhausts, have been dropping in London, Paris, Rome, Milan and many other major cities in Europe. According to data […]

(Natural News) To better enforce their national lockdown, Italy may begin imposing bigger fines for violating quarantine. The new fines may go as high as 3,000 euros ($3,245) per violation. Police officers will also have the power to seize the vehicles of the offenders. The Italian government, led by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, is expected […]

(Natural News) Just one day after its total number of COVID-19 deaths surpassed that of China’s, Italy announced what looked to be the highest number of coronavirus deaths to be reported in a single day: 627. In addition, the Mediterranean nation’s number of infections jumped by 15 percent, with the total number of confirmed cases now pegged at 47,021. As of press […]

(Natural News) Pope Francis has reopened several churches in Rome, even as virtually all of Italy has ground into a halt. The Pope’s decision stands in defiance to political pressure urging the leader of the world’s over one billion Catholics to keep churches closed to help combat the spread of the coronavirus. The 83-year-old pontiff is standing […]