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The US portal Summit.news reported, citing CNBC, that experts advise wearing triple masks or three-layer masks to better protect yourself and your surroundings against coronavirus infection.more

Bill Gates was “very surprised” when he and Dr. Anthony Fauci became the targets of “crazy” and “evil” conspiracy theories related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Gates told Reuters on Wednesday.more

Poland will reopen shopping malls on Feb. 1 while keeping most other restrictions in place until the middle of next month, as the number of coronavirus infections has fallen, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said on Thursday.more

Pfizer and BioNTech, makers of a coronavirus vaccine, on Thursday said that their product is effective against the Covid-19 variants that have emerged in the United Kingdom and South Africa.more

The European Union has not resolved a dispute with AstraZeneca over the supply of vaccines, which increases the risk of additional delays in immunization against Covid-19. The dispute could further complicate the turbulent relationship between Great Britain and the EU after Brexit, writes Bloobmerg.more

There "will be no interruption" to UK vaccine supplies, Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove has said, after the EU urged AstraZeneca to supply it with doses from UK plants.more

It is “very unlikely” that Irish people will be able to go on foreign summer holidays this year as herd immunity is unlikely to have been achieved in time, Ireland’s deputy prime minister said on Wednesday.more

Pandemic demand for Carex helped PZ Cussons see revenues up worldwide in the six months to December, and its chief executive said today that he is ploughing some of the company’s newfound cash back into the business to fuel its turnaround.more

Tennis players and officials who travelled to Melbourne for the Australian Open have started being released from hotel quarantine, COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria (CQV) has confirmed.more

Norway announced on Wednesday that it would close its borders to almost all non-residents in a bid to avoid highly transmissible new strains of the coronavirus spreading.more

From Thursday, the COVID-19 test will be available at the hotel in front of the departures area at Warsaw Chopin Airport. You will have to wait 20 minutes for the result. The cost is PLN 200.more

Nicola Sturgeon has suggested that Boris Johnson should not visit Scotland as it is not an "essential" journey. The prime minister is widely expected to travel to Scotland on Thursday.more

The World Health Organization(WHO) said today that new UK coronavirus variant has spread to 70 countries which is ten more than a week ago.more

British citizens and residents returning from "red list" countries will be placed in a 10-day compulsory quarantine in government-provided accommodation such as hotels, announced British Prime Minister Boris Johnsonmore

England's lockdown has effectively been extended to 8 March at the "earliest", with Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying he hopes to gradually reopen schools from that date.more

A further 1,725 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 - the second highest daily increase since the outbreak began.more

People who get rid of their tobacco addiction may be at a higher risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19, as are current cigarette smokers, US research suggests. Scientists point out that ex-smokers often suffer from cardiovascular and lung diseases.more

The Government is coming under increasing pressure to step in to assist London’s renters after figures showed that more than one in seven tenants in the capital have fallen behind on rent during the pandemic. more

Covid-19 security measures and significant travel restrictions could take up to the next four to five years, said Lawrence Wong, Singapore minister and member of the pandemic team.more

People should avoid booking summer holidays at the moment, a Government minister has warned.more

A factory in North Wales, where AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine is produced, has been partially evacuated after receiving a suspect package.more

People infected with the new variant of the coronavirus discovered in the UK are less likely to report loss of taste and smell, but are more likely to develop other main symptoms, according to a study by the British statistical office ONS.more

Ryanair has said it will fly an Irish couple home from Poland free of charge after they were refused permission to board a flight from Krakow to Dublin because their negative Covid-19 PCR test results were printed in Polish. more

74-year-old Geoffrey Woolf from London returned home after 306 days in hospital for COVID-19 and its complications. He was in a pharmacological coma and had been ventilated for over two months.more

The government on the Vistula River is considering opening shopping malls, but there is no chance of departing from the rest of the restrictions for the time being - informs "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" based on its sources.more