Coronavirus has claimed 1,016 lives in Italy, officials say, but Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio says he hopes his country will be the first in Europe to get over the emergency.more
Poles are most fond of Czechs (53 percent) and Slovaks (52 percent), while they approach Arabs (55 percent) and Roma (46 percent) the most distantly - according to the latest CBOS survey.more
Two more people have died after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of UK deaths to 10. There are now 590 confirmed cases in the UK, up from 456 on Wednesday - with 491 in England, 60 in Scotland, 20 in Northern Ireland and 19 in Wales.more
The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. There are 118,000 cases, more than 4,000 deaths, the agency said, and the virus has found a foothold on every continent except for Antarctica.more
It is becoming increasingly difficult to remain calm in the face of reports of coronavirus. No wonder, the threat is real - admits Kristen Fuller on "Psychology Today". She also shows how to take care of mental health when panic begins to reign.more
More than one in four people in Britain put off going shopping or visiting other busy places last month because of the spread of coronavirus, but stormy weather had an even bigger impact, a survey showed on Tuesday.more
A number of Ireland's St. Patrick's Day parades are being canceled over fears the mass gatherings would contribute to the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said Monday.more
Britain said on Monday anyone returning from areas in northern Italy which have been placed under a lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus must self-isolate for 14 days, regardless of whether they show any symptoms of illness.more
Mainland China, outside Hubei province, reported no new locally transmitted coronavirus cases for the second day on Monday, as a top Communist Party official warned against reducing vigilance and of the risk the epidemic poses for social stability.more
Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska - candidate for the Civic Coalition for President - met the shadow cabinet of the Congress of Women yesterday. Its members handed her a bill regarding the pay discrimination of women.more
An activist of free trade unions and the legend of "Solidarity" Anna Walentynowicz was recognized by the American weekly "Time" as one of the 100 women who defined the last century. Walentynowicz, who died in the Smolensk catastrophe, was indicated as the most important woman of 1980.more
Polish women buy online much more often than Poles - 51.6 percent of responses compared to 36.3 percent of men - according to the report by Santander Consumer Bank. more
Forty two more people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the UK in one of the biggest rises in a 24-hour period - taking the national total to 206.more
British Health Minister Matt Hancock warned yesterday that the coming weeks in the fight against coronavirus will be tough, but he added that the government is not planning to close schools and universities at this stage.more
The percentage of women on the management and supervisory boards of companies operating in Poland is growing, according to a report by the consulting company Deloitte. In 2019 it was 15.8 percent, i.e. 0.6 percent more than two years earlier.more
Low emissions, i.e. pollution with dust and harmful gases mainly from domestic furnaces, cost each Pole from 300 to 800 euros per year. This include expenses for the treatment of diseases caused by smog.more
The World Health Organization will announce the highest degree of danger if infections between people who were not in China become common - the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reports.more
Britain has mainly moved into the 'delay' phase of the government's four-stage battle plan to tackle the spread of coronavirus, England's Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said on Thursday.more
Almost one in five children in the UK have nightmares related to climate change, and more than two out of five do not trust adults to prevent climate crisis, according to a poll published yesterday.more
The Government has unveiled its battleplan to tackle the coronavirus. The outbreak of the disease could lead to a fifth of workers being absent, cause police to drop low-priority cases and force the NHS to delay non-urgent care.more
