The UK has recorded 938 new cases of coronavirus in a 24 hour period - the highest amount to be confirmed in 24 hours since June 26, six weeks ago.more
German Health Minister Jens Spahn announced yesterday that mandatory coronavirus testing is to be introduced in Germany this week for travelers arriving from high-risk countries.more
New 90-minute tests that can detect coronavirus and flu will be rolled out in hospitals and care homes from next week. The "on-the-spot" swab and DNA tests will help distinguish between Covid-19 and other seasonal illnesses, the government said.more
18 million people have contracted the coronavirus worldwide since the start of the pandemic, reported Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The most common infections are in the United States and Brazil. Overall, 688,351 people died.more
The British government has prepared scenarios in case local blockades at epidemic outbreaks are not enough to stop the second wave of coronavirus, the Sunday Times reported.more
Ukraine has placed Poland on the list of countries with an increased risk of COVID-19. People entering Ukraine from Poland must undergo a 14-day quarantine - informed the government service gov.pl.more
Elderly people and others at increased risk from coronavirus could be asked to stay home again under plans to avoid a second national lockdown, according to a report.
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The government of the Australian state of Victoria, where a sharp increase in the number of coronavirus infections has been observed for several weeks, today declared a state of natural disaster. There will be a curfew in Melbourne - services will be frozen for 6 weeks from Wednesday.more
The twofold increase in the number of new coronavirus infections in Ireland in recent days is worrying, admitted the p.o. the country's chief physician Ronan Glynn. Yesterday, 45 new cases were confirmed and no deaths have been recorded.
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Coronavirus continues to spread in Italy, and the infection curve continues to rise - these are the conclusions of the latest report from the national Institute of Health and the Italian Ministry of Health, announced on Friday. Meanwhile, the tourism industry is recovering from the severe crisis of the pandemic.more
The UK recorded the highest number of additional deaths in Europe during the coronavirus pandemic compared to the average of previous years, both in absolute numbers and taking into account the size of the population, according to statistics released yesterday.more
The organisation that manages Dublin and Cork airports has told politicians there may be merit in testing passengers for coronavirus before they fly from non-Green List countries to Ireland.more
The Swedish authorities yesterday extended their recommendation to work remotely until the end of this year despite the declining number of new SARS-CoV-2 infections. "We have to do everything to keep the positive trend," emphasized Minister for Social Affairs Lena Hallengren.more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been branded "delusional" after claiming "massive success” in reducing the number of fatalities from coronavirus, despite figures showing England has had the highest excess death rate in Europe.more
Hospitals in France are gearing up for the second wave of Covid-19 - stocking up on protective masks and increasing the number of beds in ICUs again. more
It is unlikely that the Covid-19 vaccine will become widely available by mid-2021, Germany's minister of education and research Anja Karliczek said at a press conference on Wednesday.more
Madrid's consumer association OCU has carried out a mask price analysis which shows that the average family in Spain has to spend more in a month on buying protective masks than on electricity.more
The British government has signed an agreement with the pharmaceutical companies Sanofi and GSK to purchase 60 million doses of a potential vaccine against the coronavirus jointly developed by them. This is the fourth such agreement, even though none of the vaccines have been tested yet.more
Tougher coronavirus restrictions are being introduced in Oldham to try and prevent a local lockdown after the borough saw a spike of more than 100 cases in a week.
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In Sweden, the coronavirus epidemic is retreating, we are going in the opposite direction from the rest of the world, where the number of infections is growing worryingly, the country's chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell announced on Tuesday.more
