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After a week of easing restrictions in Northern Ireland, a new two-week lockdown began yesterday, which is sharper than previously in force. Meanwhile, new restrictions from next week have been announced by the Welsh government.more

There have been 16,022 more coronavirus infections reported across the United Kingdom in the last 24 hours, the national government announced on Friday. With this addition, the total number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 jumped to 1,589,301 since the pandemic’s outbreak.more

From November 1, additional salaries will be paid to all personnel fighting against Covid-19 in level II and III hospitals, in addition to paramedics and laboratory diagnosticians in hospital laboratories - said the spokesman of the Ministry of Health Wojciech Andrusiewicz today.more

"We must approach the fight against the coronavirus as if it were a team competition" - argues Kamil Stoch in the video, which is to remind you of compliance with sanitary rules. The recording was published on the Chancellery of the Prime Minister's Twitter account.more

The British government has formally asked the UK’s independent medicines regulator to assess the suitability of Oxford/AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for temporary supply, a statement said Friday.more

Sir Philip Green's retail empire Arcadia, which includes Topshop, Burton and Dorothy Perkins, is understood to be on the brink of collapse.more

The mutations undergone by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus are spreading around the world, but they don't make it more contagious, according to a study by French and British scientists published yesterday.more

Arsenal are set to become the first Premier League club to invite supporters back into their stadium to watch live football when they host Rapid Vienna in the Europa League next Thursday.more

The World Health Organization's top emergency expert said on Thursday the introduction of a COVID-19 vaccine should allow the world to gain progressive control over the disease next year.more

Christmas "bubbles" of three households in Scotland should contain no more than eight people over the age of 11, the Scottish government has said.more

Boris Johnson has warned that a third national lockdown could be on the cards if Brits can't follow the new rules. In a warning to the public Mr Johnson said that while measures would ease slightly next week, and a lot over Christmas, Britain risked losing control of the virus.more

Santa Claus has been deemed an essential worker and will not be subject to Covid-19 travel restrictions when he arrives in Ireland next month.more

AstraZeneca might have to run an additional global trial to assess the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine, after concerns were raised about the effectiveness of its jab.more

Britain recorded 17,555 new coronavirus cases on Thursday and 498 new deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test, official data showed. Both measures were lower than on Wednesday, when there were 18,213 new coronavirus infections and 696 deaths.more

The White House is considering lifting the US entry ban for most travelers arriving from the EU, UK and Brazil, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing sources in the US administration and the airline industry.more

In more than 30 areas in England, including Birmingham and Manchester, the third-highest level of epidemic restrictions will apply after the end of the nationwide lockdown on December 2, announced British Health Minister Matt Hancock.more

A return to some form of normal life will be possible in the fall of 2021, provided that the vaccination program against Covid-19 works, French epidemiologist Arnaud Fontanet told BFM TV. The condition, however, is to vaccinate 80-90 percent. population.more

London bus drivers look set to be better protected from coronavirus after experts made changes to the ventilation system.more

Germany announced Wednesday that it will push for Europe to ban ski holidays in a bid to curb coronavirus infections, while cases of Covid-19 reached a new peak of more than 60 million globally.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson assured children that despite travel restrictions introduced due to the coronavirus epidemic, Santa Claus will be able to come on Christmas and give gifts.more

It is only a matter of time before the epidemic will end; it will certainly happen in the summer, and earlier it may be influenced by other factors, such as the contact of society with the virus or the vaccine - said yesterday the president of the Polish Society of Epidemiologists and Doctors of Infectious Diseases, prof. Robert Flisiak.more

In the years following the pandemic, inflation may remain higher than the average for the last two decades, indicates in the PKO BP report.more

International air travellers will in future need to prove they have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to board Qantas flights, the airline says.more

The United Kingdom recorded 18,213 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday and 696 deaths within 28 days of a positive test for the virus, according to official data.more

European governments should lift coronavirus lockdowns and other social restrictions gradually to prevent a third wave of infections, according to the president of the European Commission.more