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Germany, Sweden and Demark have been removed from the Government’s list of travel corridors, the Department for Transport has said.more

Milan's mayor, Giuseppe Sala, today called on metropolitan residents to stay at home as much as possible. The appeal came on the first day of the "light lockdown" that was introduced in four regions of Italy, including Lombardy.more

Londoners were today urged to “follow all the rules” of the second lockdown to prevent the capital’s intensive care units becoming overloaded.more

According to a poll by the Pollster Institute for "Super Express", 47 percent Poles will not want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 if there is such a vaccine.more

Police have arrested at least 104 protesters during anti-lockdown demonstrations in central London.more

445 COVID-19 patients have died and this is the highest daily number of deaths since the beginning of the epidemic in Poland, the Ministry of Health reported today. Laboratory tests confirmed coronavirus infection in another 27,086 people.more

New guidance has been issued for 2.3 million "clinically extremely vulnerable" people – two days later than expected and just hours before the start of a four week lockdown in England.more

The Covid-19 death toll in the UK has risen by 378 bringing the total to 48,120. The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases has risen by 24,141 bringing the total number of cases in the UK to 1,123,197.more

The Prime Minister has insisted that a month of lockdown will be long enough to make a ‘real impact’ on the spread of coronavirus.more

Curfew, a ban on leaving the house, except for justified exceptions, restrictions on moving around the country, closing shops, service outlets and schools - these are restrictions that residents of almost all of Europe face during the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic on the continent.more

The furlough scheme will be extended across the UK until the end of March, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed. Mr Sunak said the scheme will pay up to 80% of a person's wage up to £2,500 a month. He told the Commons that the government will review the policy in January.more

From Thursday 5 November, England will go into lockdown for a second time as the country battles a surge in coronavirus cases.more

The economy in the 19 countries that use the single currency would crash by minus 7.8 percent in 2020, instead of the minus 8.7 predicted earlier, the EU said.more

Prime Minister Erna Solberg told Norwegians to avoid travelling domestically and instead stay at home as much as possible, as part of a new round of recommendations and restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus.more

Boris Johnson is to address the nation at a 5pm press conference on the first day of the new national lockdown.more

The Spanish government ruled out full lockdowns in hard-hit regions on Monday, as the Health Ministry reported a record-breaking 55,019 new coronavirus infections over the weekend.more

The Bank of England has launched a fresh £150bn stimulus package for the UK economy amid the second Covid wave and the reintroduction of lockdown across England.more

As the greatest number of Polish doctors and nurses have left for Great Britain, this country is particularly important in the "Medyk NAWA" program, the aim of which is to encourage them to return to Poland - said Wojciech Maksymowicz, Deputy Minister of Education and Science.more

A person with knowledge of the situation says the NBA's players are planning to vote on whether they would prefer to start the coming season in December or wait until January, with that decision expected before the league's board of governors meets to potentially formalize some plans on Friday.more

Greece ordered a nationwide lockdown on Thursday for three weeks to help contain a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. “I’ve chosen to take drastic measures sooner rather than later,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said.more

Poland has reported 27,143 new coronavirus cases, a new daily record. Poland also reported 367 deaths on Thursday, just short of a record.more

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte has signed off on new pandemic rules that include a nationwide overnight curfew and tighter restrictions on the country’s regions where infections are surging and hospitals risk running out of beds for COVID-19 patients.more

Sainsbury’s has issued a fresh ban on customers shopping in couples or with family as England prepares to enter lockdown for a second time.more

MPs have backed a four-week lockdown in England to combat coronavirus, which will kick in at midnight. Boris Johnson saw off a rebellion by 34 Tory MPs opposed to the move, with the support of Labour. The government won the vote by 516 to 39, a majority of 477.more

A further 25,177 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the UK and another 492 have died after contracting the virus, according to the latest government data.more