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Plasma does not work - British scientists argue, and yet work on a Polish drug made of a liquid component of blood is underway - reports "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna". The newspaper points out that, inter alia, there are no patients who would participate in clinical trials.more

British Health Minister Matt Hancock has denied claims that he was lying about the Covid-19 pandemic, which he was accused of the day before by former chief adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings.more

Lockdown restrictions may need to be extended beyond June 21 if Covid cases continue to rise in the next seven days, experts have warned.more

It is by no means a foregone conclusion that we will be "violently" putting up with the restrictions in June. We must still remember to maintain sanitary discipline, said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki yesterday.more

France is to place tough new restrictions on arrivals from the UK over fears of the so-called Indian variant of Covid-19 which now makes up half of new cases in the UK.more

More than 3,000 new Covid cases have been reported in the UK for the first time since the start of April. The Government said on Wednesday that there had been a further 3,180 lab-confirmed cases in the countrymore

The National Health Fund boasted a new service that Poles will use after working hours of health facilities. We will get help without leaving your home, in several languages. A service path for the hearing impaired has also been prepared.more

Boris Johnson wanted to be infected with Covid-19 live on TV to ‘show it’s nothing to be scared of’ and said it was like the new swine flu, Dominic Cummings has claimed. more

People aged 30 and 31 in England are being invited to book to have their first dose of Covid vaccine.more

Three young people have suffered strokes and one has died soon after receiving the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, prompting a call for doctors to be vigilant.more

The second person in the world to get the Pfizer-BioNTech jab has died of an unrelated illness. Bill Shakespeare, 81, received his first Covid vaccine in December at University Hospital Coventry shortly after 91-year-old Margaret Keenan.more

The first people have already lost their jobs because they did not want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 - reports Prawo.pl. In the opinion of experts quoted by the portal, the determination of employers to return to normalcy is so great that they are even ready to assume the risk of losing a case before the labor court.more

More than 22 million fully vaccinated Brits may still have to self-isolate for 10 days after coming in close contact with an infected person after June 21, reports say. more

Emma McClarkin, chief executive of the British Beer and Pub Association, said pubs cannot afford another “hurdle” to entry, and that vaccine certificates may add to tensions between staff and customers.more

The repeal of the provision that prevents a person whose body temperature is equal to or exceeds 38 degrees Celsius to move on board an aircraft - provides for the draft regulation included in the list of legislative and program works of the Council of Ministers in Poland.more

More than 8,700 patients in England have died from the coronavirus after being infected in hospitals where they ended up for other ailments, the Guardian reports, citing data from the NHS.more

Boris Johnson is set to miss his own target to announce plans for the rollback of social distancing rules by the end of this month.more

More than 130 cases of mysterious microwave weapons being used against US federal employees have been under investigation. Congressional lawmakers urge Biden's team to take the problem seriously.more

For the first time this year, Sweden's rate of coronavirus cases has topped European Union figures but associated deaths are among the lowest. The country had a 14-day-notification rate of 577 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. more

25 percent Poles surveyed do not intend to vaccinate against COVID-19. More than every third (36%) respondent has already been vaccinated, while 33%. is still going to be vaccinated - according to the CBOS poll.more

The “pandemic is over” if new Covid-19 variants are not sending more people to hospital, a vaccines expert says – but he urged the government to wait “a few more weeks” to know for certain. more

Scientists have discovered a new canine coronavirus in a child who was hospitalized with pneumonia in Malaysia in 2018. If the virus is confirmed to be a human pathogen, it would be the eighth coronavirus, and the first canine coronavirus, known to cause disease in humans.more

In 2020, doctors in Poland issued 1.5 million sick leaves due to mental disorders and behavioral disorders. It's 7 percent. all electronic certificates of incapacity for work - informs Prawo.pl.more

It’s been a week since it became legal to stay over at someone else’s house, which means casual sex is back on the cards.more

Singapore authorities have provisionally approved a COVID-19 breathalyser test that aims to show whether someone is infected with the coronavirus in under a minute, according to the local startup that developed the product.more