TOUGH MEASURES
In the race against the virus, European countries have continued to upgrade their responses.
Italy's privacy regulator on Thursday okayed a temporary decree that will allow the government to use "digital contact tracing" to track the movements of people infected by the coronavirus or who may have come into contact with infected individuals.
In a statement from the Guarantor for the Protection of Personal Data (Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Peronali) -- Italy's privacy watchdog -- Antonello Soro, president of the regulator, said the measure "was not a question of suspending privacy rights [but rather] of providing effective tools to contain the outbreak while balancing respect for the rights of our citizens."
In Spain, the parliament has given its approval to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's request to extend the State of Alarm to April 12 from the original March 14.
A State of Alarm grants the government special powers to limit the movement of citizens, control the means of production, and use private assets as well as the military to carry out essential logistical and supply work if needed.
Meanwhile, Germany has set up a new research network to link university hospitals to fight COVID-19.
A total of 150 million euros (164 million U.S. dollars) were made available to finance the establishment of the network -- 100 million euros this year and an additional 50 million euros next year, according to Minister of Education and Research Anja Karliczek.
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