Going outdoors and switching off screens lead to more happiness during the COVID-19 crisis. Mental health continues to be a focal topic with many European countries tightening measures, imposing further restrictions and reimposing lockdowns as the coronavirus pandemic surges to begin 2021. New research published in the ‘Journal of Happiness Studies’ reveals that spending time […]
Viral Marketing: Counterfeits in the Time of Pandemic
New Europol report on who are the counterfeiters and how they are trying to profit from COVID-19 From websites selling fake COVID-19 blood screening tests taken down by several EU Member States’ law enforcement authorities to the seizure of substandard facemasks originating from Brazil and the sale of chloroquine via instant messaging apps: counterfeiters have […]
COVID-19 coronavirus is a pandemic
The director of the World Health Organization has officially characterized the coronavirus COVID-19 as a pandemic. Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus said that thousands of people are fighting for their lives in hospitals, and that the number of deaths and cases is expected to increase even more within the next days. “WHO has been assessing this outbreak […]