Families who refuse to vaccinate infirm seniors against Covid-19 could lose custody of them, according to a statement from the prosecutor's office in Seville, southern Spain.more
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte ruled out the possibility of introducing mandatory vaccination against the coronavirus. In a press conference summarizing the year, he announced that the pandemic state of emergency would be extended for as long as necessary.more
Ireland will return to Level 5 restrictions for a least a month in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus, prime minister Micheal Martin has said.more
A further 20 million people in England will join the toughest tier of Covid restrictions from Thursday. The Midlands, North East, parts of the North West and parts of the South West are among those escalated to tier four.more
As many as 981 new deaths from Covid-19 were registered in the last 24 hours in the UK, which is the highest balance since the end of April, and the number of newly detected coronavirus infections for the second time in a row exceeded 50,000. the British government reported Wednesday.more
Vaccinating as many people as possible with the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine should be given priority over the second dose to those who have already received the first, the UK Vaccine Commission (JCVI) has recommended.more
The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved for use in the UK, with the first doses due to be given on Monday. The UK has ordered 100 million doses - enough to vaccinate 50 million people.more
Britain’s government reported 53,135 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the highest number since mass testing started in mid-2020 and up sharply from the previous record of 41,385 set on Monday.more
A row in Italy over anti-vaxxer doctors and other medical staff being obliged to vaccinate against COVID-19 is rumbling on. The government has yet to decide whether to make COVID vaccination compulsory.more
UK residents fear that even more severe restrictions will appear in the country in the near future, as the number of infections continues to increase and reaches unprecedented proportions. Some believe that the introduction of a new level of restriction is necessary because some UK residents repeatedly ignore the recommendations and guidance of health authorities.more
The new coronavirus strain sweeping Britain has been in Germany since November, health officials said Tuesday, after detecting the variant in a patient who died in the north of the country.
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The most stringent intervention scenario with tier 4 (restrictions) England-wide and schools closed during Jan and 2 mn individuals vaccinated per week, is the only scenario we considered which reduces peak ICU (intensive care) burden below the levels seen during the first wave, the study said.more
Britain reported 41,385 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, a daily record, as a rapidly spreading variant of the coronavirus increases infection rates and the holiday weekend impacted the reporting of some new cases.more
In mid-December, the percentage of people in the UK who were detected with a new type of coronavirus out of all infections found ranged from 68%. in London up to 7 percent in the north-west of England - according to the statistics office of the ONS.more
The head of the EU agency Europol has warned that criminal groups will try to use the Covid-19 vaccination campaign to market and monetize fake, counterfeit vaccines.more
Since the beginning of the crisis related to the temporary closure of the English Channel crossing, 21,849 tests have been performed on truck drivers, of which 66 people have confirmed the presence of the coronavirus, said the British Transport Minister Grant Shapps.more
Less than half (47%) of Poles declare that they are going to be vaccinated against COVID-19. A large proportion of Poles, 44%, remain skeptical - reports Rzeczpospolita, citing the IBRiS survey. A similar distrust of Western medicine has been reported in many countries in the so-called former Eastern Bloc.more
The Irish vaccination programme and rollout of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine will begin on Tuesday, December 29th, HSE chief executive Paul Reid has said.more
The EU is launching a co-ordinated vaccine rollout to fight Covid-19, in what the bloc's top official says is a "touching moment of unity". European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had been delivered to all 27 member states.more
THE United Kingdom recorded 210 COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, down from 570 the day before, while cases rose 1,968 to 34,693, the government said, citing partial data. The latest R number is estimated at 1.1 to 1.3, the government said.more
