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
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
