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
French commentators express their satisfaction that the Europeans were able to coordinate quickly in the face of the coronavirus mutation discovered in England. Quoting mainly British sources, they admit that Paris plays the first fiddle in the blockade of the United Kingdom.more
Pursuant to the regulation on new restrictions, the police will be able to issue tickets to persons who, without a reason included in the regulation, appear from 19:00 December 31 to 6:00 am January 1 on the streets - government spokesman Piotr Müller reported yesterday.more
Prince William and Kate have been accused of breaking the rule of six after they were spotted walking through a woodland trail close to Prince Edward and his family.more
Suspension of flights from and to Great Britain in connection with the new SARS-CoV-2 variant confirmed there is a drastic solution, but from the risk point of view, it can be said that it is a good solution - said Dr. Piotr Rzymski from the Medical University of Poznań.more
Royal Mail has halted deliveries to Europe, except for the Republic of Ireland, due to a UK travel ban triggered by the discovery of a new faster spreading coronavirus strain.more
Pedro Sanchez's government will create a list of people who will refuse to voluntarily submit to vaccinations against Covid-19 in Spain, according to changes introduced yesterday to the national immunization program.more
The European Commission has authorized the marketing of the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech to the European Union, informed the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. Vaccinations in the EU are scheduled to start on December 27-29.more
Due to the suspension of air connections with Great Britain and restrictions on road transport, Poczta Polska temporarily suspends the acceptance of letters and parcels to Great Britain. Restrictions will remain in effect until further notice.more
The Prime Minister told a Downing Street press conference more than 500,000 people in the UK have now received their first dose of the two-part vaccine since British grandmother Margaret Keenan became the first patient in the world on December 8 to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 jab following its clinical approval.more
The persistently high coronavirus infection rates are increasingly worrying Germans. For the first time since late March, the number of those who fear infection has caught up with the number of those who are not, according to a YouGov Germany poll reported by Die Welt.more
Ireland is now in a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, public health experts have said, with people being urged to stay at home and stop socialising.more
With just days to go before Christmas, lorry drivers held up in and around Dover by European travel bans fear they may not be able to make it back home in time for celebrations with their families, and the long delays are a sign of things to come in January after the Brexit transition period ends.more
First Minister, Mark Drakeford, confirmed the more infectious variant has been detected across the region, at a Welsh Government Covid-19 press conference today.more
The course of COVID-19, a disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, is more severe than that of the seasonal flu, according to the analysis of data on over 130,000 hospitalized patients, published in Lancet Respiratory Medicine.more
Everyone who has had to cancel a rail or coach journey in England between 23 and 27 December will be able to get a refund, the government has announced.more
Every fifth Pole had to resign from applying for a loan or a loan, most often for fear that he would lose the possibility of paying them back - according to the research of the National Debt Register. Since March, 47 percent of consumers have decided to borrow money.more
Another 33,364 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the UK in the latest 24 hour period. It follows a record daily high of 35,928 new infections reported on Sunday.more
Sainsbury's supermarket chain was the first in the country to inform customers that the "country blockade" that is currently underway in the UK could lead to shortages of some fresh produce, including vegetables and some fruits.more
Heathrow Airport and St Pancras International were thrown into chaos last night as hundreds of passengers waited to board flights and trains out of the UK before Europe’s travel bans began.more
Poland joined a growing list of European countries on Monday to suspend flights from Britain to Poland due to concerns over a new strain of the coronavirus. A flight ban kicks in at midnight on Monday. more
The government and trade groups have warned of "serious disruption" after France blocked arrivals of UK passengers for 48 hours over concerns about the new coronavirus variant.more
Britons should be "very concerned" about the mutated strain of COVID-19 that is circulating in London and the South East, Professor Andrew Hayward of the government's New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) said.more
