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A court in La Coruna, in the northwest of Spain, ordered pre-trial detention for a man who refused to wear a face mask at his daughter's school.more

In the last quarter of this year, 9 percent of companies will be looking for new employees, while 4 percent plan to cut jobs. The best prospects for finding a new job will be in construction and trade.more

Pubs and bars across England were packed last night as Brits hit the town for one final blowout before the new ‘rule of six’.more

Spain’s Health Ministry reported more new coronavirus infections on Friday than any other day since the pandemic began – 12,183 cases, bringing the total to above 566,300.more

Households in Birmingham have been banned from mixing in new lockdown measures announced following a spike in coronavirus cases. more

French Prime Minister Jean Castex called on citizens to be prudent to prevent the spread of COVID-19, announcing measures to create more efficient testing and tracing capacity in the country.more

AstraZeneca is still on track to file for approval of its COVID-19 vaccine this year, according to its CEO. Pascal Soriot told attendees at an online event that it is unclear how long the trial will be paused in response to a recent adverse event, but a 2020 approval is still on the cards.more

Finland will ease tight restrictions on entry as it tries to attract back business travellers and tourists ahead of winter, allowing arrivals from countries with higher rates of coronavirus infection.more

The number of new coronavirus cases in the UK have soared by 3,539 - the highest rise for four months. more

Travellers from mainland Portugal to England will have to quarantine from 04:00 BST on Saturday, just weeks after the country was put on the safe list.more

A new Covid-19 contact-tracing app will be launched across England and Wales on 24 September, the government has announced.more

Leader of Ukraine's Batkivshchyna Party, MP Yulia Tymoshenko has recovered from the novel coronavirus. more

Coronavirus pandemic crisis affects transfers of Brazilian football players to foreign clubs.more

A British holidaymaker travelled from Huddersfield to Tenerife without wearing a protective face mask on flight because he spent the journey time eating a tube of Pringles crisps.more

Woman in Bytom (Silesia) has tested positive for coronavirus twice, becoming the first known such case in the Poland, it has been reported.more

The UK economy grew by 6.6% in July, according to official figures, but output remains far below pre-pandemic levels.more

Poland reportedly plans to implement entry restriction rules from 17-Sep-2020, reducing the list of countries affected by the entry ban to 31 from mid Sep-2020.more

Greece and France all reported a record number of daily coronavirus cases.more

Social gatherings of more than six people will be illegal in England from Monday - with some exemptions - amid a steep rise in coronavirus cases.more

The United Kingdom recorded 2,919 new daily confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to government data published on Thursday, compared with 2,659 a day earlier.more

The Madrid region has admitted that due to overcrowding of some hospitals, patients with Covid-19 are transferred to other facilities in this region of Spain. The number of patients transported was not given.more

With nearly 25,000 new cases in three days, and deteriorating indicators, the Covid-19 epidemic is accelerating in France. Despite this worrying context, the French government is considering shortening the quarantine to one-week isolation.more

Contrary to early reports, the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen is not associated with severe COVID-19 disease or death, according to a cohort study published yesterday in PLOS One.more

British employers planned more than 300,000 redundancies in June and July, as the coronavirus outbreak took its toll on the workplace.more

The UK's travel quarantine policy is a "shambles of mismanagement", Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has saidmore