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"After the dark year, it will be a celebration of a new beginning" - this is what a columnist for the Italian daily "La Repubblica" writes about Christmas during the pandemic. This year's Christmas, in his opinion, will be more focused on their essence.more

Over the past day, 32,195 new cases of coronavirus were found in Germany, 802 people died, the Institute of Infectious Diseases im. Robert Koch (RKI). The institute reported that the total number of infections increased to 1,587,115 and deaths to 28,770.more

The Government confirmed a postcode checker will be available for people in England to check the rules for their local area under the new system.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

The new British strain of coronavirus, believed to be far more contagious than the original version, has been found in Israel, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein told ministers at a cabinet meeting Wednesday as they discussed implementing a potential new national lockdown within days.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

Virologist at the Berlin clinic Charite Christian Drosten has expressed concern about the new strain of coronavirus. He noted that the number of people infected with VUI-202012/01 only increased in areas where the overall prevalence of the coronavirus was high or increasing.more

"No water, toilets, no Covid tests and no help from the Polish authorities in Great Britain. Only frustration, great exhaustion and chaos" - this is how the situation in Dover looked like today, according to the wife of one of the Polish truck drivers.more

A case of infection in Italy with a new variant of the coronavirus has been confirmed in a person from Loreto who had no direct contact with the UK, media reported today.more

The crisis triggered by the pandemic has sparked a new wave of employment restructuring. At the end of November, the number of people covered by collective redundancies reported to labor offices exceeded 70,000. This is more than twice as many as the year before - the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reports today.more

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

Short trips to shop and buy fireworks in the neighbouring country as part of the local border traffic will no longer be possible during the Corona pandemic without subsequent quarantine, the Senate decided on Tuesday (22 December 2020). 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

Coronavirus has reached the Antarctic continent, which had so far been free of Covid-19. The Chilean army has reported 36 cases at its Bernardo O'Higgins research station on the Antarctic Peninsula.more

The Polish embassy and consulates in Great Britain provide assistance to drivers waiting to enter France. Although France opened its border at midnight, it will take several days to discharge the traffic jams that have arisen since Sunday.more

French and other EU citizens will once again be allowed to enter France from Britain beginning at midnight if they have a negative Covid-19 test that is less than 72 hours old, the French prime minister's office said on Tuesday.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

Scotland will go back into lockdown from December 26th – and planned easing of restrictions at Christmas have been scrapped, Nicola Sturgeon has said.more

Rail, air and sea services between the UK and France are resuming this morning after the French government agreed to ease its travel ban over Covid fears.more

England has been put on notice for a New Year lockdown after the government's chief scientific adviser warned that an extension of Tier 4 restrictions may be needed.more

Poles are more likely to fear a vaccine against coronavirus than contract the virus, according to a Kantar poll in December Almost a third of respondents trust the government's actions regarding the use of vaccines against the coronavirus.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

The agreement between the United Kingdom and France to resume freight traffic through the English Channel will be announced in the coming hours and will enter into force tomorrow, the British Sky News reported today.more

Ireland is returning from Thursday to the highest level of coronavirus restrictions, the fifth, which marks a lockdown, although some modifications will be made, the government in Dublin announced today. They will be valid until January 12.more