A further 18,804 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the UK, and 80 new deaths have been reported. It takes the total case numbers to 741,212 and the total number of deaths, according to the government, to 43,726.more
Donald Trump has once again attacked his top public health expert, using a call with campaign staff on Monday to deride Anthony Fauci as “a disaster” and to claim “people are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots” discuss ways to combat the coronavirus.more
Visitors only wearing masks and strict visitor limits - probably under these conditions, traditional Christmas markets will be able to start in the German capital in six weeks, informs the Berliner Morgenpost.more
61 percent Poles believe that they currently have the same or more money than before the pandemic - according to a study by the Chamber of Fund and Asset Managers (IZFIA) and the Department of Consumer Behavior Research at the Warsaw School of Economics.more
Belgian health minister Frank Vandenbroucke warned that the pandemic situation in the country, especially in Wallonia and Brussels, is the most dangerous in Europe. "We are really close to a tsunami" - indicated the head of the health ministry.more
The announcement of the yellow zone across the country has frozen tourism. In the first week after the announcement of the restrictions, the number of bookings fell by more than 40% compared to the end of September - according to the report of the Noclegi.pl platform. The mood in the industry is getting worse.more
Due to the epidemic in Germany, the local social media swarmed over the weekend with photos with the hashtag #toilettenpapier showing empty shop shelves - informs the daily "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung".more
In a series of recommendations to fix the struggling Covid-19 test, trace and isolate system in England, health researchers from University College London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine say that pooled testing for Covid-19 could significantly increase testing capacity in a relatively short space of time and help with the identification of asymptomatic cases in key workers.more
There will be special additions for doctors fighting the coronavirus. But those who refrain from work or flee on layoffs must take into account inspections, writes Monday's Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, informing about the assumptions of the bill on which the government is working.more
Britain recorded 16,982 new daily cases of COVID-19 in the space of 24 hours, according to government data issued on Sunday, up from 16,717 the previous day.more
The first field hospital will be built at the National Stadium in Poland due to the growing scale of coronavirus infections in Poland. Information on this subject has already been confirmed by sources in the Polish government.more
The Swiss government announced yesterday new restrictions related to the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Among the measures announced are the nationwide obligation to wear face masks in all public places and a ban on large gatherings.more
The health care system must move towards mass testing for the presence of coronavirus, said Prof. dr hab. n. med. Krzysztof Książek from the Medical University of Karol Marcinkowski in Poznań.more
International financial institutions, which for decades have been pushing countries to pursue sustainable fiscal policies and extorting savings on them, are encouraging them to borrow money in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, reports the Financial Times in its latest issue.more
Hospitals in Birmingham, the UK's second-largest city, are at a tipping point due to the number of coronavirus patients and will stop seeing other patients if they are not urgent, medical authorities have warned.more
Chancellor Angela Merkel called on German citizens to limit contacts and refrain from traveling. She did so in a video speech from the daily "Bild".more
The UK has recorded a good 150 deaths from Covid-19 in the last good, the highest number in more than four months, and 16,171 coronavirus infections have also been detected, the British government reported yesterday afternoon.more
The number of Americans living in poverty has increased by eight million since May. The rise in poverty rates came after Washington's aid to people who lost their jobs or had to close their businesses due to the coronavirus.more
More than two-thirds (70%) of Poles declare that they cover their mouth and nose with a mask, and 12% claims that it covers only the mouth - according to the Kantar report "Using masks in public places". Every tenth respondent chooses a visor or half-visor as a shield.more
