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Another 20,890 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 894,690, according to official figures released Monday.more

A Covid test that can provide a result in 12 minutes will be made available at high street pharmacy Boots. The nasal swab test, which will cost £120, will be available in selected stores in the UK to people who are not showing symptoms. The company says the aim is to offer customers peace of mind.more

The Australian city of Melbourne will exit lockdown from Wednesday after recording no new Covid-19 cases for the first time since June.more

France has seen a record 52,010 new cases of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, the country's health ministry said yesterday evening. The day before, there was also information about a record daily balance of infections - there were 45,422 infections at that time.more

Although in Poland there is a large group of people who deny covering the mouth and nose, most Poles support ruthless punishment for the lack of a mask, "Super Express" reported today, citing a poll by the Pollster Institute.more

The UK has recorded 19,790 more coronavirus cases and 151 further deaths in the latest 24-hour period, new figures show.more

As of today, restaurants, bars, confectioneries and ice cream parlors in Italy may only be open until 6.00 p.m., and cinemas, theaters, game rooms and casinos, gyms and swimming pools will be closed - the Italian government decided in a new decree. more

Hospitals are getting ready to vaccinate staff working on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic, with hopes the jab will be ready "within weeks".more

The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is passing through Europe. Wearing masks is compulsory in almost all countries, and there are high penalties for not complying with this rule. Their amounts vary from UAH 170 in Ukraine to over £ 6,000 in England. Some countries have also imposed prison sentences for the lack of nose and mouth protection.more

The spread of the coronavirus pandemic in 23 EU countries and the UK is now "of serious concern," announced the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), calling for "immediate action".more

Conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 pandemic are so widespread in Canada, including by some politicians, that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has recently had to insist that the government is not building internment camps for the infected.more

The UK has reported another 174 coronavirus deaths and 23,012 more cases in the latest 24-hour period. The amount of positive tests is higher than the 20,530 infections confirmed on Friday, government data showed.more

The northern hemisphere is facing a crucial moment in fighting the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, with too many countries witnessing an exponential increase in coronavirus cases.more

A 99-year-old Spanish grandmother who has beaten Covid-19, is glad to be back watching her favourite TV show and playing computer games with her five-year-old great-grandson. more

Another 20,530 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the UK, according to the latest government data. This is a drop of 712 coronavirus cases from the 21,242 recorded yesterday, and a further drop from the record set on Wednesday.more

The president of Poland, Andrzej Duda, has tested positive for the coronavirus but is "feeling well." Poland reported it's highest daily new infections as new measures come into force to slow the spread of the virus.more

McDonald’s is selling thousands of meal items past their "best before" dates after the chain was forced to close due to the pandemic.more

The pandemic has exacerbated the problem of the doctor deficit. Employment agencies can attract thousands of specialists from the East, as long as barriers to their work in Poland disappear - writes today's Rzeczpospolita.more

Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health has opened its second primary and preventive care clinic in partnership with Charlotte Hornets owner and retired six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan. more

The UK has recorded another 21,242 COVID-19 cases, government figures show. It's a drop from Wednesday's record number of 26,688.more

The provision permitting abortion in the event of a high probability of severe and irreversible impairment of the fetus or an incurable disease that threatens its life is inconsistent with the constitution - ruled the Constitutional Tribunal in Poland.more

In a press release published today, the Institute coordinating the fight against infectious diseases in Germany Robert Koch (RKI) extended the coronavirus danger zone to the entire territory of Poland, the visit of which entails the possibility of being quarantined.more

One in 10 people had experienced suicidal thoughts by the end of the first six weeks of lockdown, according to new research.more

Italy is in a phase of "full epidemic expansion", Massimo Andreoni, the scientific director of the national association of physicians of infectious and tropical diseases, said yesterday. This is how he commented on the daily increase in the number of infections by over 15,000 recorded that day.more

Spain is the first Western European country in which the number of coronavirus infections has exceeded one million since the beginning of the epidemic, the health ministry said yesterday. In the last 24 hours, the number of detected infections increased there by 16,973, to 1,005,295.more