The First Minister for Wales has announced steps to ease some lockdown restrictions in the country. Wales has been under a strict Level 4 lockdown since before Christmas, which meant people were told to stay at home unless for essential reasons and all non-essential businesses, including hospitality have been closed.more
There is no indication that the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is linked to an increased risk of blood clots, the EU's medicines regulator says.more
People in England who are homeless or sleeping rough will be prioritised for Covid vaccines, alongside those aged 16 to 65 with underlying conditions that put them at increased risk.more
The Covid-19 pandemic may last even until 2024 if the rich countries do not significantly support the poorer ones, said Prof. Michael Toole, global health expert at Burnet Institute in Melbourne. more
The head of the Tokyo Olympics Organizing Committee denied on Thursday widespread reports that Japan had decided already to bar foreign spectators from the Summer Games.more
Denmark, Iceland and Norway have stopped administering the shot while Italy has banned the use of a batch of AstraZeneca doses as a precaution after an unconfirmed number of people developed blood clots.more
It is still too early to book foreign summer holidays, the transport secretary has said, despite countries saying they hope to welcome vaccinated British tourists from May.more
In 2020, the inhabitants of the Netherlands gained a total of 5 million kilograms. Prime Minister Mark Rutte called the extra kilos "coronacilograms".more
The country's most important temple, Anglican Westminster Abbey, joined the atypical sites in Britain where vaccination against Covid-19 is taking place.more
Retail giant John Lewis has warned of further "painful" store closures as it posted huge losses due to Covid-related lockdowns that forced shops to shut.more
The United Kingdom has not blocked the export of a single vaccine against Covid-19, said Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday denying the claims of the President of the European Council Charles Michel.more
The authorities of the Spanish town of Burguillos del Cerro, in the west of the country, near the Portuguese border, decided to cordon the municipality due to the sudden illness of Covid-19 over half of the local population.more
There is deep dissatisfaction with the vaccine rollout in some parts of the European Union, according to a Euronews survey. Three-quarters of respondents in France (75%) and Germany (77%) and more than two-thirds in Italy (68%) were unhappy. That contrasts sharply with the UK, where 85% of people who answered the survey expressed satisfaction.more
Paris on Wednesday rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal to establish a travel corridor between the two countries that would allow vaccinated citizens respective visitation rights. more
A highly infectious variant of COVID-19 that has spread around the world since it was first discovered in Britain late last year is between 30% and 100% more deadly than previous strains, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Ski jumping World Cup winner Halvor Egner Granerud admitted that during this difficult time of isolation he received an unexpected gesture of sympathy from Karl Geiger, who offered him home dinners brought to his door.more
Gibraltar will most likely be the first territory in Europe to vaccinate the entire population against Covid-19. As the local government announced yesterday, all residents over the age of 16 and foreigners working there are to receive vaccines by the end of March.more
The Spanish government expects EU authorities to agree to the validity of corona passports issued to people who have undergone coronavirus vaccination. According to the predictions of Pedro Sanchez's cabinet, such documents would be issued from May, allowing free travel around the EU.more
