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The reopening of Scotland's economy - including shops, bars, restaurants, gyms and hairdressers - is expected to start in the last week of April, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced.more

2020 turned out to be a record year for the household appliances industry. Poles spent over 14 percent more on kitchen and bathroom equipment than in the previous year - the Polish daily "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" reports.more

International holiday bookings surged by as much as 600% after Britain laid out plans to gradually relax coronavirus restrictions, giving battered airlines and tour operators hope that a bumper summer could come to their rescue.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

Plans to lift the lockdown in England faster than announced by the government were dropped after scientists were warned that it would increase the number of deaths from Covid-19 by an additional 55,000 and, in a worse scenario, by as much as 91,000. - writes the British press on Tuesday.more

After vaccination with AstraZeneki, you may experience temporary symptoms of varying severity, but there is no cause for concern, Polish experts associated with the "Science against pandemic" initiative said.more

Rishi Sunak could extend the furlough scheme until at least July after the Prime Minister revealed his long-awaited roadmap out of lockdown, reports say. 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 number of women in paid work for five or fewer hours each week doubled to 15% in the last quarter, think tank Centre for London has found.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

Fans may be able to return to sporting events from 17 May, meaning the final weekend of the Premier League season looks like it could be played in front of supporters.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

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

Schools in England will re-open on March 8, while two families or six people will be able to meet outside from March 29 as the country’s COVID-19 restrictions are eased, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Monday.more

Health Minister Adam Niedzielski on TVN24 said that expert opinions predict that “the apogee will take place more or less at the turn of March and April”. “So we have another month or so of uninterrupted growth ahead,” he admitted.more

More than half of Italians do not lose hope in the difficult months of the pandemic and are already planning their summer holidays, the tourism industry reports.more

The first dose of a COVID vaccine appears to reduce your chances of transmitting the disease by "about two-thirds", the health secretary has told Sky News.more

More than 17.6 million people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Britain, official data showed on Sunday, as daily deaths and coronavirus cases slipped.more

While a quickening vaccine rollout has some U.S. officials predicting a return to normalcy by the end of this year, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, said it’s “possible” the Covid-19 precaution of mask usage will linger into 2022. more

Lorry drivers returning to France from Britain will not now need to have a coronavirus test if they have spent less than 48 hours in the country, UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Sunday.more