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The NHS is ready to start providing the new coronavirus vaccine "as fast as safely possible", Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said. Asked whether it could be available by Christmas, he said that was "absolutely a possibility" - but he expected the mass roll-out "in the first part of next year".more

In Ireland, 270 new coronavirus infections have been detected in the last 24 hours, the first since late September to bring the balance below 300, and one new death from Covid-19 has been registered, the country's health ministry said yesterday.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned yesterday that an important step has been taken in the fight against the coronavirus, but much remains to be done and for the time being it cannot be assumed that a potential vaccine will solve all problems.more

The 14-day travel quarantine period is set to be "much reduced" for travellers returning to Britain, the Transport Secretary has announced.more

Boris Johnson felt pushed into a second lockdown by misleading data, a Government source has suggested.more

The United Kingdom may receive 10 million doses of the new vaccine from the American company Pfizer before Christmas. Wakcin, which Pfizer CEO Dr. Albert Bourla called "groundbreaking" has already been hailed as a remedy that will enable the world to return to normal.more

"Great challenges, and such is the COVID-19 pandemic, require special solutions; our response to them is the PGE National Hospital - built at an express pace thanks to the efforts of thousands of officials, doctors and specialists" - Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said today.more

"Put on the masks, please, this virus is a terrible devil," said a 109-year-old resident of the Perugia area in central Italy on her birthday. The appeal was spread by the media yesterday.more

Coronavirus mass testing is set to be rolled out to three more towns after the Army began a trial in Liverpool.more

Britain reported 20,572 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and 156 deaths from the virus, both lower than figures from a day before, government data showed.more

A team of MedUni Vienna scientists showed that there are seven "forms of disease" in COVID-19 with mild disease course and that the disease leaves behind significant changes in the immune system, even after 10 weeks.more

Britain reported 24,957 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and 413 deaths from the virus, both up on figures from the day before, government data showed.more

For many people, the pandemic has the potential to become a traumatic experience, the effects of which will be long-term, assessed Dr. Joanna Grzymała-Moszczyńska, a psychologist at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.more

Coronavirus patients in British hospitals will be given aspirin in a new trial to find out whether the cheap drug could prevent deadly blood clotting in the lungs.more

Poor access to nutritious food products means that children and adolescents in Britain are lagging behind in relation to other rich countries in terms of healthy development, assessed the British daily The Guardian.more

In Sweden and Denmark, the highest daily increases in coronavirus infections were confirmed yesterday - 4,697 and 1,427, respectively. While the Swedish authorities still mainly apply the recommendations, the Danish government is tightening the restrictions.more

Laboratory tests have confirmed coronavirus infection in another 27,875 people, the Ministry of Health reported today. This is the highest number of new cases since the epidemic began. The ministry informed that 349 patients had died. Since the beginning of the pandemic, over 500,000 people have fallen ill. more

The UK has today confirmed 23,287 more positive coronavirus tests and 355 deaths, as around 13,000 people are now in hospital with the disease. New cases are down five per cent from the 24,405 declared last Friday and lower than the 24,141 diagnosed yesterday. The daily average has dropped to 22,392.more

More than a third of workers are concerned about catching coronavirus on the job, according to a study by the Resolution Foundation think tank.more

Milan's mayor, Giuseppe Sala, today called on metropolitan residents to stay at home as much as possible. The appeal came on the first day of the "light lockdown" that was introduced in four regions of Italy, including Lombardy.more

Londoners were today urged to “follow all the rules” of the second lockdown to prevent the capital’s intensive care units becoming overloaded.more

445 COVID-19 patients have died and this is the highest daily number of deaths since the beginning of the epidemic in Poland, the Ministry of Health reported today. Laboratory tests confirmed coronavirus infection in another 27,086 people.more

New guidance has been issued for 2.3 million "clinically extremely vulnerable" people – two days later than expected and just hours before the start of a four week lockdown in England.more

The Covid-19 death toll in the UK has risen by 378 bringing the total to 48,120. The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases has risen by 24,141 bringing the total number of cases in the UK to 1,123,197.more

Diego Maradona is in good spirits as he makes an "amazing" recovery following surgery for a brain clot, the Argentina legend's doctor has said.more