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The number of new coronavirus cases in Germany and Sweden continues to decline. However, experts in these countries are concerned about the spread of the so-called the Indian variant of the coronavirus known as Delta, whose share in infections is significantly increasing.more

Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen is to be fitted with a defibrillator implant, the national team doctor has confirmed.more

There are 25 coronavirus variants "under monitoring", Public Health England's strategic COVID-19 response director has told MPs.more

The head of the Federal Chancellor's Office, Helge Braun, announced that Germany will not extend the obligation to work remotely after June 30, reports the Reuters agency.more

Sainsbury's and Pets at Home are among retailers to have recalled a type of dry cat food over a potential link to a rare and fatal cat disease.more

European Union approval of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine will be delayed because a June 10 deadline to submit data was missed, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, diminishing the shot's prospects in the EU's pandemic response.more

Coronavirus restrictions in England have been extended until 19 July as MPs voted in favour of a four-week delay to lockdown easing.more

The changes to the safety check form will affect blood, plasma and platelet donors but the process of giving blood won't change.more

Covid vaccinations are to become compulsory for staff in care homes for older people in England, the BBC has been told. Workers are expected to be given 16 weeks to have the jab or face being redeployed away from front-line care or potentially lose their job.more

Two very good news: immunity in convalescent survivors lasts a long time, and vaccination dramatically strengthens it, which allows us to hope that protection against current and future variants will be at a very good level - says virologist of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Prof. Krzysztof Pyrć.more

British scientists have developed a new life-saving therapy for patients hospitalized with Covid-19. It is for people who are unable to naturally produce antibodies in response to a coronavirus infection.more

The authorities of Greenland, an autonomous dependent territory of Denmark, have suspended all flights and cruises from its capital Nuuk after it has registered six new cases of coronavirus, the local newspaper Sermitsiaq reported.more

Around one million people aged 21 and 22 are now eligible to book their coronavirus vaccination. Some 972,000 text messages will be sent out starting today, inviting them to schedule appointments for both doses via the national booking system.more

According to research by the National Institute of Public Health (RIVM), travelers returning to the Netherlands represent an increasing number of infected with COVID-19.more

Scotland may not move to the lowest level of lockdown until September, the country's national clinical director has warned after disclosing that the Indian or delta variant had pushed back the timetable by up to 10 weeks. more

Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez and GOP Sen. Susan Collins are renewing their call for a 9/11-style commission to study the causes of the COVID-19 and the U.S. response to the pandemic. more

Business groups have warned that pubs, bars, restaurants and nightclubs face significant hardship or collapse after the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in England was postponed for four weeks without new financial support from the government.more

The Delta strain of coronavirus should be renamed the ‘Johnson variant’ because of the Prime Minister’s ‘lax’ border measures, Labour has said.more

The Delta variant of Covid-19, first identified in India, has been detected in 74 countries and continues to spread rapidly amid fears that it is poised to become the dominant strain worldwide.more

All adults in Wales have been offered a Covid jab, which the Welsh government says is six weeks ahead of schedule. Data published by Public Health Wales on Monday showed 2,216,031 people have been given a first vaccine dose - 70.3% of the population.more

The American concern Novavax has announced the latest large study, which indicates the high effectiveness of the vaccine against various variants of Covid-19.more

A headache, sore throat and runny nose are now the most commonly reported symptoms linked to Covid infection in the UK, researchers say.more

The British medical journal Lancet called for "global talks" about the organization of the Tokyo Games during the Covid-19 pandemic and criticized international health organizations for keeping silent on the matter, Kyodo reported.more

Italy’s vaccination campaign has been thrown into chaos after experts banned the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for the under-60s only days after young Italians were encouraged to take it.more

For the first time in more than eight months, health authorities in Germany have reported less than 1,000 new coronavirus infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in a single day. The Minister of Health is in favor of the gradual abolition of the obligation to use masks.more