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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 social epidemiologist predicts a surge in 'sexual licentiousness' and a 'reverse of religiosity'.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

Until the end of this year 300 thousand pieces of vaccines will go to Poland - said the head of the prime minister's office and the government plenipotentiary for the vaccination program, Michał Dworczyk, on Saturday.more

Two French psychoanalysts, authors of numerous publications, Didier Lauru and Jean-Jacques Moscovitz, answered the questions about the traces that a pandemic may leave in the psyche of people. Lauru points out that in particular, the inability to say goodbye to the dying can cause a longer trauma. Moscovitz predicts that the pandemic will increase the "resourcefulness" of the younger generation.more

Spain has confirmed four cases of the more contagious coronavirus variant recently identified in the UK - the latest European country to do so. The infections - all in Madrid - were linked to recent UK travel, the regional deputy health chief said. France, Denmark, the Netherlands and Italy have also reported cases in the past few days.more

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A doctor will qualify for vaccination against COVID-19 on the basis of an examination and an interview with the patient. Vaccinations will start tomorrow - December 27. First of all, people from priority groups will be vaccinated, then all volunteers who will be able to make an appointment for a specific date from January 15, e.g. helpline 989.more

A further 570 deaths in England were reported on Christmas Day, taking the total by that measure to 70,195.more

Sanepid ensures that it was ready to test all those arriving from Great Britain at the airports. Every tenth volunteer for the tests - the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reports.more

The UK has recorded a further 39,036 coronavirus cases - the second highest total since the pandemic began - and 574 deaths on Christmas Eve.more

A mass community testing pilot in Liverpool using rapid-result tests failed to detect 60% of known positive coronavirus cases, an evaluation shows.more

The countries of Europe have introduced strict restrictions on the Christmas season, which are to stop the development of the coronavirus pandemic. Compliance with restrictions in Spain will be guarded by 100,000. policemen, in Italy - 70 thousand.more

The new Covid-19 variant is now in Ireland, according to the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet).more

Britain reported a record 39237 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday and a further 744 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.more

A new, potentially more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus has been found in the United Kingdom in cases linked to South Africa, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said while also announcing further swaths of England would be placed under its strictest COVID-19 restrictions.more

Fake "Covid-19 immunity boosters" are being sold over the counter in London shops, a BBC investigation has found.more

he first shipment of Pfizer vaccines is to reach Poland on December 26, the next in the first or second week of January.more

More information on the new strain of coronavirus that has been detected in the UK should be released in the coming days. So far, there is no evidence that it causes a more severe course of the disease - said expert of the World Health Organization (WHO) Maria Van Kerkhove.more

Britain reported a record number of new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday as it battles a surge in cases caused by a variant strain of the disease. Official figures showed there had been 36,804 new cases and a further 691 deaths within 28 days of a positive test, both up markedly from a day before.more

A Connecticut nurse became the first person in the United States to be vaccinated against the coronavirus yesterday with the Moderny drug approved by the government three days ago. The vaccine was administered in front of television cameras.more