Roger Quintens, 75, living in Belgium, and Clonakilty resident Marleen Drijkoningen, 64, are in a long-distance relationship, cocooning together but apart during the current pandemic. The happy couple, who were first acquainted 50 years ago – when they were both involved in organising strikes to prevent the closure of the […]
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Tania Presutti hears from Inseok Yoon, a post-doctoral researcher in Physics, how through intensive tracing, testing and quarantining, South Korea is successfully handling the pandemic. As a result, Covid-19 hasn’t changed much in the way of everyday life in South Korea. When Covid-19 landed on South Korean soil for the […]
With strict restrictions now in place in maternity hospitals nationwide, new mothers are becoming increasing worried about the prospect of giving birth without the birth plan and the support team they would have wanted. “The situation is changing rapidly and mothers are contacting me in a frenzy, worried they will […]
John Shade writes from Finland on how ‘the world’s happiest country’ is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Spring is usually the time for Finns to come out of hibernation. This Spring we emerged, only to be ordered back into isolation. Measures here have followed a common pattern seen around the […]