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The UK's coronavirus alert level has been lowered from level five to four in all four nations as the risk that the NHS could be overwhelmed "has receded". The four UK chief medical officers and NHS England's national medical director agreed the change following advice from the Joint Biosecurity Centre.more

The Scottish authorities' response to the coronavirus pandemic, which is to impose restrictions faster and more carefully lift them than in England, seems to be paying off, the Financial Times reports today.more

The UK government has always said there will be no compulsory Covid vaccination. But some employers appear prepared to dive straight in. “No jab, no job,” says Charlie Mullins, who runs Pimlico Plumbers.more

"It makes no sense to talk about the first, second or third wave of the pandemic. The virus never stopped circulating" - says virologist, head of the Italian Medicines Agency Giorgio Palu. more

Face masks may not be required indoors in public places over the summer, one of England's deputy chief medical officers has suggested.more

The doctor responsible for delivering four times the recommended dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to two elderly residents of a Brisbane nursing home did not receive immunisation training.more

Doctors must be allowed to switch off the life support machine of a new mum with coronavirus against her family’s wishes, a judge has ordered. The Leicester Royal Infirmary patient, who is in her 30s, is married with a three-year-old daughter and a newborn son.more

Currently, in the UK, preparations of three companies are used for vaccination against coronavirus - Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca. As the vaccination rate in the UK is very fast and the number of vaccinated people is approaching 20 million, we explain the differences between individual vaccines.more

Sweden is preparing new measures to curb a new surge in coronavirus cases as the strain, first discovered in the UK, spreads rapidly, Swedish chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnel was quoted by Reuters as saying.more

Jean Castex went to the Argenteuil hospital center (Val-d’Oise) early Tuesday evening, where he observed the “worrying rise in water levels” of Covid-19 during discussions with staff caregiver.more

There are "deep and complex issues" with using vaccine passports or certificates to prove someone's Covid "status", Boris Johnson has said.more

The prime ministers of Poland, Spain, Denmark and Belgium and the president of Lithuania wrote a letter to the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, in which they appealed for the supply of vaccines to be increased and to speed up work on expanding production capacity in the EU.more

The Republic of Ireland is to continue at its highest level of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions until at least 5 April.more

Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, is still in a hospital in London undergoing treatment for an infection, but while feeling well, he will remain there for a few more days, Buckingham Palace said.more

The Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Germany, Andrzej Przyłębski, warns that the car incident should not be interpreted with political motives at this moment. more

Fresh hope was sparked for British beach holidays this morning, after it was revealed that there has never been a Covid-19 outbreak linked to a crowded beach. more

One of the consequences of the pandemic in Spain are so-called "queue of hunger". "This is the new face of poverty" - said Conrado Gimenez, the head of the Madrid charity foundation Madrina in an interview with "ABC".more

43.9 percent Poles believe that the government will do the right thing in the fight against COVID-19 by prohibiting the use of helmets, scarves and headscarves instead of masks - according to the UCE RESEARCH and SYNO Poland survey commissioned by "Gazeta Wyborcza". However, the opposite opinion is shared by the majority of Polish residents - 44.6%more

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced yesterday evening that vaccination is the country on a one-way path to freedom, but that he cannot guarantee the current lockdown will be the last.more

The prime minister announced his plan for England to be free of almost all restrictions by summer as he set out his four-step road map to lifting lockdown.more

Deaths and hospital admissions are down 80%, with the capital’s rate of cases now below the key threshold, as Boris Johnson prepares to publish his 'Roadmap to Recovery'.more

Five people are suspected to have died and hundreds more, including children, became seriously ill after eating contaminated chicken imported from Poland.more

The COVID-19 vaccines being used in the UK could reduce a person's risk of being admitted to hospital by as much as 94% four weeks after the first dose, new data suggests.more

Sadiq Khan today urged Londoners to follow him in getting their Covid jab as the capital continued to lag well behind the rest of the country in the vaccine roll-out.more

German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants a staggered plan to lift coronavirus restrictions that is linked to increased testing, she told a meeting of her Christian Democrats leadership committee according to two participants.more