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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

Thousands of people in a ‘deprived’ area of Birmingham are set to receive a letter from a Covid taskforce urging them to get the lifesaving jab.more

In the coming days, specific decisions by Italy are expected to impose stricter restrictions on the Easter season. 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

Italy's state-run railways will operate "Covid-free" high-speed trains on the Rome-Milan route starting next month.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

The impact of NHS Test and Trace is still unclear - despite the UK government setting aside £37bn for it over two years, MPs are warning.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. more

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

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab writes to Charles Michel to say UK has 'not blocked the export of a single COVID-19 vaccine.'more

In February, the demand for employees continued to decline, according to the latest report. This is the effect of persistent restrictions and uncertainties.more

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has outlined a number of new rules that will allow people to socialise outdoors from Friday.more

In many European countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands, students are gradually returning to school after a period of distance learning forced by the coronavirus pandemic. In Hungary, on the other hand, all primary schools have been closed. The number of distance learning students in Italy is growing. Schools in the Czech Republic and Portugal remain closed.more

UK supermarkets have warned of a shortage of some dog and cat food products following an "unprecedented" rise in pet ownership during lockdown.more

Thai authorities have announced that tourists coming to the country will be allowed to undergo mandatory quarantine on a yacht or small cruise ship. This is another idea to save tourism during the coronavirus pandemic.more

55 percent Poles fully trust vaccinations, two years ago their number was only 37 percent. But to be immune to COVID-19, at least 70-80 percent citizens should be vaccinated - reported "Gazeta Wyborcza", citing the EU report.more

Unlocking too quickly would lead to a substantial surge in Covid infections, the UK's chief medical adviser says. Prof Chris Whitty told MPs that would be dangerous and risk lives among the many vulnerable people not yet protected by the vaccine.more

The network of emergency Nightingale hospitals set up to cope with a surge of Covid-19 cases is to close from April, the NHS has said. Established last spring amid fears that the NHS might be overwhelmed, the temporary hospitals in England were largely not needed.more