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The British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant said German media reports claiming that the vaccine had an 8% efficacy rate in people above 65 were "completely incorrect."more

A Pole who has been in a vegetative state in a hospital in Plymouth since November 2020 has died - the man's family confirmed today. The issue of its connection to life support equipment was the subject of a court dispute.more

A British study found widely used antibiotics azithromycin and doxycycline were generally ineffective against early-stage COVID-19, as the search for treatments against the illness continues while vaccines are being rolled-out.more

Eight more cases of infection with the British variant of the coronavirus have been confirmed in the municipality of Nordre Follo near the Norwegian capital, Oslo. There are 25 of them in total and they were detected in the local nursing home and kindergarten.more

Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa will leave his job on Tuesday to run for elections scheduled in Catalonia on Feb. 14 to try and win the regional government away from pro-independence parties.more

The European Commission has proposed additional restrictions on travel from abroad to the European Union, presenting them as a response to "new variants of the coronavirus and the unstable global health situation".more

A further 22,195 cases of Covid-19 were also recorded, taking the total number of infections to 3,669,658, according to Public Health England.more

Poles are less worried about their health and more about the stability of their financial situation, according to a recent study.more

I turned to a British hospital with a request to connect to the equipment supporting the life of a Pole in a coma - said the Polish Deputy Minister of Justice Marcin Warchoł. As he added, he also provided the hospital with information about the legal procedure pending against the Pole.more

Men who work in low-skilled jobs and work in social care, recreation and other service occupations have the highest death rate from Covid-19, the National Statistics Office of the ONS reported.more

The president of the European Commission spoke today by phone with Pascal Soriot, president of the British company AstraZeneca, about the delays in the delivery of vaccines to the EU announced by the giant. The European Commission expects the company to fulfill its contractual obligations.more

Sir Keir Starmer is self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus.more

All travellers returning to the UK could soon be forced to quarantine in government-approved hotels, with an announcement expected this week.more

The government said a further 610 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Sunday, bringing the UK total to 97,939.more

The UK has identified 77 cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa, the health secretary has said. Cases are linked to travellers arriving in the UK, rather than community transmission, Matt Hancock added. He told the BBC's Andrew Marr cases were under "very close" observation and enhanced contact tracing was under way.more

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs assured yesterday that in the case of a Polish citizen staying in a hospital in Great Britain, it is still taking all possible actions at the political, legal and consular level, and is making intensive efforts to grant the Pole a diplomatic status.more

Over 478,000 people were vaccinated against Covid-19 in the course of the day, the most since the launch of the vaccination campaign, the government in London informed yesterday. At the same time, 1,348 more patients died from Covid-19 in the UK, and 33,552 new infections were diagnosed.more

The number of cases of seasonal flu in Italy is at a minimal level; there were more than five times fewer cases than last year, the health service said. This is due to pandemic protection measures and "competition" between viruses.more

A potential treatment for Covid using blood plasma does not reduce deaths among hospital patients, trials show.more

Careful research is needed to determine whether the British variant is more lethal. At this stage, providing such information is spreading fear - assessed Piotr Rzymski from the Medical University of Poznań.more

An engaged couple taken to hospital in the same ambulance with Covid-19 were able to marry moments before the man was sedated and put on a ventilator.more

AstraZeneca is to cut deliveries of its Covid-19 vaccine to the EU by 60% in the first quarter of the year due to production problems, a senior official has told Reuters.more

The case of a Pole, known in the media as RS (the media does not provide the man’s data for the sake of his family), who is in a British hospital, has received extensive media coverage for several weeks. In the meantime, the NHS Trust of Plymouth University Hospitals, where the Pole is staying, issued a statement on the situation of the RS.more

Early evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK may be more deadly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.more

The Government is considering more draconian measures on foreign travel to stop the spread of coronavirus across the UK.more