Koronawirus

Millions more people in England are to move to tier two restrictions from Saturday, the government has announced. Residents in areas of Yorkshire and the Humber, parts of the West and East Midlands, as well as Luton and Oxford City will come under stricter measures.more

"With the Government’s furlough scheme coming to an end this weekend, it will increase the huge anxieties faced by many workers across the capita" - Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said.more

Due to the growing number of coronavirus infections, there will be no Holy Mass this year in Poland. and processions in cemeteries. According to the decrees issued by the bishops in the individual dioceses, the eucharist will be celebrated in the churches.more

A further 23,065 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the UK and another 280 have died, according to the latest government data.more

Bristol has moved itself into a new coronavirus alert level it called ‘tier 1 plus’, despite the Government saying it doesn’t exist.more

The probability of extending the scale of restrictions is increasing. Not only because the number of new infections is increasing, but also due to the consideration of introducing a full lockdown abroad, informs Dziennik Gazeta Prawna on Thursday.more

Britain will do everything it can to avoid ordering a second national COVID-19 lockdown because it believes it will do more harm than good to the country, a minister said on Thursday.more

A "health base" is set to be established at the Athletes' Village for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in case of potential COVID-19 infection.more

Further, daily records of infections are set. The peak of this pandemic wave is forecast at the end of November, and the number of places and respirators in hospitals is decreasing, Rzeczpospolita reports on Thursday.more

The three different Coronavirus contact tracing apps used in the United Kingdom, plan to begin sharing data soon, in an effort to halt the spread of the global pandemic.more

The Bundesliga will have to play without fans again after the tentative return of spectators was cut short due to rising coronavirus infections in Germany.more

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a second national lockdown until at least the end of November.more

Nottinghamshire's auction houses, car boot sales, betting shops, saunas and tattoo parlours must close, the government has announced.more

Public health officials have confirmed a further 675 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland yesterday afternoon.more

Dozens of patients who had tested positive for Covid-19 were transferred from Scottish hospitals to care homes, a report has revealed.more

Scientists say the Oxford vaccine appears to create a "strong" immune response in elderly participants, amid cautious hopes that the candidate could be rolled out in the coming months.more

Another 24,701 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the UK while 310 have died, according to the latest government data. This is an increase of 1,816 infections compared with Tuesday's figures - although the number of deaths dropped by 57 compared with the 367 recorded on Tuesday, which was the highest daily number since May.more

Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is not in the Juventus Turin squad in the Champions League home game against FC Barcelona after his coronavirus infection.more

London Heathrow has lost the title of Europe's busiest airport to Charles de Gaulle in Paris and is downgrading its forecasts for passenger numbers this year and next as the outlook for aviation deteriorates further.more

A top police officer fears civil unrest across the UK as he warns parties will be broken up during Christmas, Hanukkah and Diwali.more

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday addressed accusations that he is overstepping his bounds by trying to secure a six-month extension to the state of alarm declared last Sunday.more

With coronavirus cases around the world now at almost 44 million, scientists have been working around the clock to develop a vaccine. Now, the UK Vaccine Taskforce Chief has revealed that she believes a Covid-19 vaccine before Christmas is 'possible.'more

Spain says 355,000 more people were left unemployed in the third quarter, bringing the total jobless rate up to 16.3% from 15.3% in the previous three-month period as surging infections and new virus restrictions hurt economic development.more

The coronavirus infection rate has passed 100 cases per 100,000 people in every part of the capital.more

In Sweden, the highest number of coronavirus infections since the beginning of the epidemic has been recorded in recent days. The region of Skåne is particularly affected by the epidemic, the authorities of which have introduced additional restrictions.more