Widespread in India, the most contagious variant of the coronavirus to date - Delta - may also be associated with a more severe course of the disease. Doctors in India are linking Delta to new Covid-19 symptoms, such as hearing damage and blood clots leading to gangrene, Bloomberg said.more
Vegetarians are 73 per cent less likely to get severe Covid-19 than their meat-eating peers, a new study claims. Self-declared pescetarians were also found to be at 59 per cent less at risk than someone who regularly consumes red meat or poultry.more
On December 8 2020, Margaret Keenan became the first person in the UK – and the world – to receive a Covid-19 jab as part of a mass vaccination programme.more
People aged 25 to 29 hoping to book a coronavirus vaccine have reported being turned away by the NHS booking system on the first day they became eligible for the jab.more
Drugmaker Moderna Inc said on Monday it has submitted applications to the European and Canadian health regulators seeking authorization for the expanded use of its COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents.more
Glaring COVID-19 vaccine inequality has created a "two-track pandemic" with Western countries protected and poorer nations still exposed, World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday, renewing pleas for shot donations.more
Just 2 per cent of those hospitalised in England with the Delta variant of coronavirus first identified in India had received both doses of a vaccine, the government revealed on Monday.more
Police in the Malaysian state of Terengganu use drones borrowed from a private company to monitor residents, state agency Bernama reported. The devices are able to measure the body temperature of passersby even from a height of 20 meters.more
More and more Dutch are employed in the production of electric charging stations and the production of e-buses. The Dutch Enterprise Agency (RVO) forecasts that by 2025 the number of jobs in electric transport will double from 6,800 to 13,500 people.more
In Ireland, pubs, bars and restaurants may be opened for the first time since Christmas. As part of the next stage of lifting coronavirus restrictions, the limit of people who can meet was also raised.more
As of today, UK users of eight popular online dating apps can indicate on their profiles that they have already been vaccinated against Covid-19 or that they support vaccination.more
Scientists in South Africa have detected potentially dangerous coronavirus mutations in a woman with advanced HIV. The 36-year-old woman carried the COVID-19 virus for 216 days and during the said period, the virus collected over 30 mutations.more
Ponad cztery miesiące po pierwszej dawce szczepionki ryzyko śmierci z powodu Covid-19 spada o 95 procent, a hospitalizacji na intensywnej terapii o 90 procent - to najnowsze ustalenia włoskiego Instytutu Służby Zdrowia.more
The Government is "absolutely open" to delaying the June 21 unlocking, Matt Hancock said on Sunday in the strongest indication yet that the date for the next step in the roadmap could be put back.more
Poland will offer a first shot of the Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine to children aged 12-15 on Monday, June 7. A government regulation to this effect was published on Saturday.more
The number of people infected with coronavirus in the UK has risen by as much as two-thirds, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) says. It estimates that around 100,000 people tested positive in the week to 29 May, or one in 660 people - up from 60,000 the previous week.more
The UK regulator has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in children aged 12-15, saying it is safe and effective in this age group and the benefits outweigh any risks.more
Five local authorities have banned smoking in pavement pubs, cafes and restaurants, and others are considering following suit, before a new push by the government to make England smoke-free in less than a decade.
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More than half of the UK's adult population has already received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, the British government announced. However, concerns are raised by the Indian variant of the coronavirus, which has already become dominant in the UK.more
The Netherlands Society of Anaesthesiology (NVA) announced today that it will take at least two years to make up for delays in medical surgeries and treatments postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.more
Paramedics in England are to be fitted with body cameras in order to prevent thousands of attacks on frontline staff each year. More than 3,500 ambulance staff reported being assaulted in the last year, a 32% rise from five years ago.more
More than three quarters of UK adults have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the latest figures published today (2 June) show, as the vaccination programme continues at pace.more
Seven EU countries - Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Croatia and Poland - decided to connect to the EU IT system verifying Covid certificates and started issuing them. How will the covid passport system work in practice?more
