Travel to the EU will be restricted after the Brexit transition period expires at the end of the month due to rules aimed at combatting Covid-19, it has been reportedmore
Prime Minister Jean Castex announced the introduction of a curfew throughout France. It will be in force from December 15th between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. "We have not yet won the battle with the coronavirus," Castex said at a press conference.more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has set out the next steps in the UK's vaccination programme - and revealed "tens of thousands of people" have already had the jab. But speaking in a Downing Street press conference, he warned that coronavirus would still be a threat "for the next few months" and urged everyone to continue obeying restrictions designed to stop the spread of Covid.more
Coronavirus infection rates in London have risen by 12 per cent in one week – with the capital recording more cases per population than dozens of areas currently subject to the highest tier of restrictions, analysis of government figures shows.more
Hopes have been raised after this week’s rollout of a coronavirus vaccine, but don’t ditch your face masks just yet, the Government’s chief scientific officer says.more
Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Soeder wants to take more stringent national measures to combat the Covid-19 pandemic after Christmas. He calls for a "complete blockade" in Germany. The head of the German Hospital Society is also in favor of a "hard" lockdown - the BR24 portal informs on Thursday.more
The top search was, of course, coronavirus - and that drove people to flock to Google search to make sense of the changes to their lives and adapt to new ways of living.more
British GDP grew by just 0.4% in October. - reported the National Statistical Office (ONS). This is the sixth month in a row with economic growth, but its pace is slowing down.more
From Tuesday, UK coronavirus vaccinations, which are currently only taking place in designated 70 hospitals, will be extended to some clinics, it said Wednesday.more
The United Kingdom recorded 16,578 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday and 533 deaths within 28 days of a positive test for the virus, according to official data.more
UK scientists are planning trials to see if giving people two different types of Covid vaccine, one after the other, might give better protection than two doses of one jab.more
People with a history of significant allergic reactions should not have the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid jab, regulators say. It came after two NHS workers had allergic reactions on Tuesday.more
Lewis Hamilton is hoping to recover from COVID-19 in time to race at this weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after posting his first video message on Instagram since he started his isolation.more
The coronavirus infection rate in the Netherlands does not allow any relaxation in social distancing rules, and that means no more than three guests over the age of 13 for Christmas dinner, prime minister Mark Rutte told reporters at Tuesday evening’s press conference.more
"It's a terrible thing to tell people as the World Health Organization: don't hug. It's terrible. But it's a harsh reality in places like the United States right now," said WHO Crisis Director Dr. Mike Ryan at a press conference.more
The most difficult issues in the Covid-19 immunization program launched today are transporting the vaccines as they require a very low temperature and distributing them to priority groups.more
Almost every second person employed in Germany now works from home. Only in this way can companies protect their employees from the virus. More than one in two employees rate their productivity in the home office as higher, according to research by Bitkom - reports the daily "Welt" and notes that less contact with superiors is a problem for only one in five German.more
British politicians across the board said they were delighted to start vaccinating against Covid-19 on Tuesday morning. Britain became the first country in the world to vaccinate against this disease.more
The more time adults have to stay indoors during a pandemic, the greater the problem of alcohol abuse becomes. Scientists report about the problem in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.more
