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The British government plans to introduce a "traffic light system" on international travel, under which countries will be marked red, yellow and green depending on the epidemic situation there and the level of vaccination, the Times and The Sun reported today.more

The use of so-called vaccine passports to decide whether people can enter pubs would go against the "British instinct", Sir Keir Starmer has said.more

Nearly half of Italians (47 percent) are willing to pay to vaccinate against Covid-19, according to a recent poll. Some say they would pay € 5,000 or more.more

The coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 -which was first identified in the UK - has been found in nearly nine in 10 of all new Covid-19 infections in Germany, according to a report from the country’s public health authority the Robert Koch Institute.more

On the eve of the Easter holidays, World Health Organization (WHO) Europe warned Europeans on Wednesday against making "individual" travel plans that could "affect more people than those close by" and could "also impact communities."more

Vaccination of children against Covid-19 may start from the summer holidays; from July there is a chance for 16- and 17-year-olds to join the schedule - the Polish daily "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" reports.more

Less than one in five people order a test if suffering from Covid-19 symptoms, while the majority of people don’t self-isolate, a new study has found.more

Most Britons support the idea of vaccine passports, according to a new poll - with 62% saying they would be fine with using one to get into a pub or restaurant.more

President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday ordered France into its third national lockdown and said schools would close for three weeks as he sought to push back a third wave of COVID-19 infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals.more

Yesterday was the last day of the recommendation for nearly 4 million people in England and Wales who, due to risk factors, are extremely vulnerable to coronavirus infection to stay completely at home.more

The coronavirus vaccine produced by the AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company is now called Vaxzevria, the Swedish medicine agency Läkemedelsverket announced based on data from the European Medicines Agency (EMA).more

Bayern Munich's Poland striker Robert Lewandowski has been ruled out for four weeks after suffering a sprained ligament in his right knee, the German champions said on Tuesday.more

Vaccinations and infections mean that about half of the people in the UK now have antibodies against Covid-19, according to tests carried out by the Office for National Statistics.more

London reported zero Covid-19 deaths on Sunday for the only the second time this year, according to Government figures. more

Caution is the “way to get the results that we want,” Boris Johnson said as modest new freedoms were introduced in England. As part of the roadmap out of lockdown, restrictions were eased on Monday to allow small gatherings in groups of six outside and the resumption of outdoor sport.more

Leaders of 23 countries and the World Health Organisation have backed an idea to create an international treaty that would help the world deal with future health emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic now ravaging the globe.more

The 29th Grand Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (WOSP), Poland’s most high-profile charity event, raised over PLN 210 million despite the Covid lockdown.more

Remote consultations feel like working ‘in a call centre’ and risk missing signs of illness.more

Assigning responsibility to the government for the development of the British Covid-19 mutation to the fact that Poles coming to the country from Great Britain before Christmas were not tested and not sent to quarantine is another manipulation - said Health Minister Adam Niedzielski.more

Shops in England will be allowed to stay open until 22:00 six days a week when customers return from 12 April, the government has said.more

Another idea of the government of Mateusz Morawiecki assumes that Poles will receive an injection not only at the pharmacy, but also at the place of employment - the Polish daily "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" reports today.more

A record number of 8,868 people infected with the coronavirus was recorded in the Netherlands on Saturday. Thanks to vaccinations, however, the number of deaths is falling, informs the National Office of Public Health (RIVM).more

The leader of Poland 2050 party, Szymon Hołownia, announced today that during Easter, churches should be subject to restrictions "at least like last year". He pointed out that the church should be treated simply as a building where the virus "can transmit too".more

German Chancellor Angela Merkel threatened to assert federal control over measures to stem the Covid-19 pandemic, picking a legal fight that reflects the gravity of the latest surge in infections.more

More than 30 million people in the UK have now had a first COVID vaccine dose. Government figures show 30,151,287 have had a first dose - around 57% of all UK adults - after 650,000 were administered on Saturday.more