The Japanese government today suspended entry to the country for non-permanent residents from most parts of the world until the end of January. This is to prevent infections with a new variant of the coronavirus, Japanese media reported.more
Wine countries are losing out on the pandemic as consumers drink less wine. The opposite is true for Poles - we can read in today's "Puls Biznesu".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 government does not introduce a curfew on New Year's Eve, because for this purpose it would be necessary to introduce a state of emergency, it only calls for not moving and not using fireworks - Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki explained yesterday.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
British Deputy Foreign Minister Wendy Morton today thanked Poland for helping to conduct coronavirus tests on drivers waiting to cross the English Channel to France.more
Medical services in the Canadian province of Ontario yesterday announced two confirmed cases of a new mutation in the coronavirus. The same mutation that appeared in Great Britain was found in Canadian patients.more
Media incl. in Great Britain, Spain and Portugal noticed the participation of Polish soldiers and doctors in helping with the tests of truck drivers waiting in England for the crossing of the English Channel, and the assistance provided to drivers, among others by British Polonia. "As a Spaniard, I can only say that I envy the Poles," said the popular Spanish blogger Elentir.more
Not only uplifting series on online platforms, but also books became the remedy for Italians during the pandemic. The increase in readership has been noted with satisfaction this year, which is considered to be one of the few good news.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
A senior minister has insisted children will return to school in January with coronavirus tests for pupils. It comes after fears schools may remain closed until February.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
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
Drivers who test positive for the coronavirus will not have to cover the cost of quarantine in a hotel in Rochester, said the Polish Embassy in London, citing the British Office of Foreign Affairs, Community and Development (FCDO).more
Norway extended a ban on flights from the UK until December 29 amid concerns about the spread of a new strain of coronavirus, the health ministry said yesterday in a statement.more
A group of Polish soldiers, including members of the Territorial Defense Forces, began testing for coronavirus yesterday evening on truck drivers who are waiting to leave the UK for France.more
With the Covid-19 epidemic in the Iberian Peninsula, interest in buying a single-family home outside the city has increased. More and more Spaniards and Portuguese also want to renovate their apartments, mainly in order to adapt the interior to a place for remote work.more
More than 4,500 trucks have already crossed the English Channel to France since it reopened its border on Wednesday, British Transport Minister Grant Shapps announced yesterday evening.more
Hundreds of military personnel have been deployed to help clear the backlog of about 5,000 lorries, which are waiting at Manston Airport. Drivers are allowed to travel on the condition they test negative for Covid-19 before boarding a train or ferry. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said more than 10,000 tests had been done. He said out of those lorry drivers who had been tested, 24 were positimore
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
