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Britain recorded another 15,650 new cases of coronavirus and 136 deaths today as Prime Minister Boris Johnson held a TV briefing to warn people the outbreak is still growing and that he will 'rule out nothing' to stop the second wave repeating the disaster of the spring. more

In a study it described as both conclusive and disappointing, the World Health Organization said the antiviral drug remdesivir has "little or no effect on mortality" for patients hospitalized with coronavirus and it doesn't seem to help patients recover any faster, either.more

As of Saturday, 152 poviats from 16 voivodships, including 11 voivodship cities: Białystok, Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk, Kielce, Kraków, Lublin, Łódź, Olsztyn, Poznań, Rzeszów and Warsaw, will be in the red zone, i.e. the area with the highest restrictions.more

JD Wetherspoon has reported its first annual pre-tax loss since 1984 as it laid bare the impact of coronavirus restrictions on the pubs industry. more

A record number of 1 205 coronavirus infections were detected in the last 24 hours in Ireland, the country's health ministry said yesterday. Another three deaths due to Covid-19 were also recorded.more

In the UK, 18,980 new cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in the last 24 hours and 138 more deaths from Covid-19 have been reported, the British government said yesterday afternoon.more

Scientists have developed a rapid Covid test that can identify coronavirus in less than five minutes.more

Laboratory tests confirmed coronavirus infection in another 8,099 people - the most since the start of the pandemic. Also 91 died, the health ministry said today. The most infections were recorded in the province. Mazowieckie - 1,306 and in Lesser Poland - 1,303.more

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge, said today that the time has come to tighten measures to combat the pandemic. However, he called for the restrictions to be proportionate and for the closure of schools to be the last resort.more

Facebook will ban ads that discourage people from getting vaccinated, the social media company announced on Tuesday, as it launches a new public health campaign aimed at spreading flu vaccine information.more

A record number of 1,095 coronavirus infections were detected in the last 24 hours in the Republic of Ireland, the country's health ministry said yesterday. Another five deaths from Covid-19 were also recorded.more

Company is unclear about whether patient was receiving vaccine or placebo in 60,000-patient study.more

London will face Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions from Saturday. more

Nearly 20,000 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the UK, while 137 more people have died after contracting the virus. The Government said that, as of 9am on Wednesday, there had been a further 19,724 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus.more

Laboratory tests confirmed coronavirus infection in another 6,526 people. Also, 116 patients died. This is the largest number of daily infections and deaths since the beginning of the epidemic, the Polish health ministry said today. more

Covid-19 cases confirmed for London have risen above 8,000 in a week, leaving the capital facing tougher restrictions being announced within days.more

A further 143 people in the UK have died with the virus - more than double the previous day's figure. Public Health England calls the rise "hugely concerning", with cases increasing in older age groups.more

Over the last 24 hours, 4,122 new SARS-CoV-2 infections were detected in Germany, and 13 more people died due to the coronavirus, informed the Berlin Institute of Robert Koch (RKI).more

Robert Lewandowski, who was slightly injured in Sunday's game of the League of Nations with Italy in Gdańsk (0-0), passed the examination the next day. There was no damage to the ankle joint and there is a chance that the footballer will play tomorrow against the Bosnians in Wrocław.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson argued yesterday that the three-step system of epidemic restrictions announced a few hours earlier was a "balanced package". However, the Chief Medical Officer of England expressed concerns as to whether it was sufficient.more

The Liverpool City Region will be on the "very high" Covid alert level from Wednesday, Boris Johnson has announced. Confirming new three-tier restrictions, the PM said pubs, bars and betting shops will close on Merseyside.more

The UK today announced 13,972 new coronavirus cases and 50 more victims as Boris Johnson plunged millions of people into deeper lockdowns. Today's new infections are up just 11 per cent from last Monday, when 12,594 cases were recorded, but triple the 4,368 recorded on Monday, September 21. Data on September 28 was rendered invalid due to a counting blunder at Public Health England (PHE). more

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have spoken about 'almost unsurvivable' online abuse with Meghan claiming she was 'the most trolled person in the entire world' in 2019.more

Further restrictions for London may be announced within days as the number of Covid-19 cases in the city hit more than 7,700 a week.more

President Donald Trump on Sunday declared himself immune from COVID-19 as he prepares to return to the campaign trail in a fight to regain ground against surging rival Joe Biden.more