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British Prince William and his wife, Princess Kate, visited Scotland and northern England on Monday as part of their three-day tour of the country to thank key personnel for their efforts during the coronavirus outbreak.more

The Ministry of Health announced 8,312 new cases of coronavirus infection on Tuesday. The ministry also said that 94 people died due to COVID-19, and 317 patients died due to the coexistence of COVID-19 with other diseases.more

Wales is the only part of the UK where the number of new coronavirus infections is not declining, the Welsh government admitted, adding that it did not rule out a new nationwide lockdown after Christmas.more

A 90-year-old woman has become the first person to be given a Covid jab as part of the mass vaccination programme being rolled out across the UK.more

The UK has recorded 189 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the lowest number since mid-November, and 14,718 coronavirus infections have been detected, the British government reported yesterday afternoon.more

The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Milan has launched free psychological assistance for Poles in Italy struggling with problems due to the pandemic.more

The Army could be used to help transport further stocks of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine from Belgium to the UK, a Foreign Office minister says.more

B&Q owner Kingfisher has said it will return £130m in business rates relief it has received from the government during the Covid pandemic.more

Spain's Health Minister Salvador Illa believes that despite the planned mass vaccination against the coronavirus, the pandemic is not expected to end in 2021. The minister called the beginning of vaccination a prelude to defeating Covid-19.more

Brits can expect to be given a coronavirus vaccine card after their jab, official pictures suggest. more

There is a chance that we will move to the red zone after Christmas, and perhaps in the coming weeks, the yellow zones will apply in some poviats - said the spokesman of the Polish government, Piotr Müller.more

Denmark will implement further lockdown measures in parts of the country to curb a spike in coronavirus infections, the government announced on Monday.more

The United Kingdom recorded 17,272 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, up from 15,539 a day earlier and raising the total number of infections since the start of the pandemic to over 1.723 million, official data showed.more

Harrods was swarmed by hundreds of young people and teenagers sparking police to intervene and make four arrests.more

In Spain, the number of daily coronavirus infections is decreasing, according to data from regional authorities. Between Saturday and Sunday, 7,000 were recorded across the country. infection. Covid-19 deaths are also declining, with 137 deaths confirmed in the last 24 hours.more

The Covid vaccine will reach everyone in the UK who needs it - whatever the outcome of post-Brexit trade talks, the medicines regulator head has vowed.more

Pfizer is recruiting and already testing their COVID-19 vaccine in kids 12 years and older. It’s their latest effort to get the vaccine ready for children before school begins next year.more

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine within weeks, after UK regulators granted emergency approval and the world’s first roll-out begins next week, reports late Saturday (Dec 5) said.more

Officials with the World Health Organization cautioned Friday that approval of a vaccine for use in Britain this week does not mean the COVID-19 pandemic is over.more

Britain reported 15,539 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday and 397 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test result, both falls on the previous day’s figures.more

Face masks and hand sanitiser may be here to stay despite the arrival of a Covid vaccine, according to Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer.more

Over the last 24 hours, Spain recorded a decline in the growth rate of Covid-19. The number of infections exceeded 8.7 thousand, the country's health ministry said. In turn, the CIS poll published yesterday shows that most Spaniards are skeptical about vaccinations.more

A public health chief warned today of the risk of London being plunged into Tier 3 restrictions as the squeeze on Covid-19 cases appears to be faltering.more

Bahrain’s approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine makes the Kingdom the second country in the world to grant an Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) for the vaccine.more

Swiss authorities announced yesterday new restrictions to limit the spread of the coronavirus. However, they ensured that the ski resorts would remain open as long as they complied with strict safety measures and received permission from local authorities.more