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India overtook Brazil to become the country with the second-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world as infections continue to accelerate in this country of more than 1.3 billion people.more

In a tremendous demonstration of global collaboration, an international team led by clinician-scientists at UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have pooled data from 121 hospitals in eight countries to find that inexpensive, widely available steroids improve the odds that very sick COVID-19 patients will survive the illness.more

A further 2,988 cases of coronavirus have been reported in the UK in the past 24 hours, government data showed.more

Pope Francis said Sunday that gossiping is a “plague worse than COVID” that is seeking to divide the Catholic Church.more

The governments of the regions of Andalusia and the Balearic Islands, due to the increase in the number of cases of Covid-19, have introduced bans on entering the beaches after dark.more

The United Kingdom recorded 1,813 new daily confirmed cases of COVID-19, versus 1,940 on Friday, health officials said on Saturdaymore

Yesterday a plane that was supposed to fly to Greece was stopped at the Gdańsk airport. The machine did not take off when it turned out that there was a woman infected with coronavirus on board.more

A study involving nearly 500 people found that low vitamin D levels favored coronavirus infection. Scientists explain that this vitamin supports the work of the immune system.more

There are already 26.68 million people in the world infected with the coronavirus, 874 218 people have died from Covid-19. Infections appeared in 210 countries and territories, reports Reuters today. The French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi has estimated that the coronavirus vaccine will cost nearly EUR 10.more

Authorities in parts of the UK did not agree on Thursday on which countries should be removed from the list of where to come without quarantine, confusing British overseas.more

In the UK, 10 people have died from Covid-19 over the past 24 hours and 1,940 new coronavirus infections have been detected, which is the highest number since May 30, the British government said yesterday afternoon.more

Obesity can cause the immune system to overreact to COVID-19 infection, making it difficult to fight the virus, according to a new study published in the scientific journal Endocrinology.more

British coronavirus testing laboratories are not keeping up with the increased demand, and as a result people are increasingly being sent to a collection point up to several hundred kilometers from home, the BBC said on Thursday.more

British actor Robert Pattinson is infected with the coronavirus, Reuters news agency reported on Thursday. Warner Bros. Film Studio Once again, production of "The Batman" in which Pattinson plays the lead role has to be stopped.more

Italy's three-time prime minister, 83-year-old Silvio Berlusconi, who had two positive results for the coronavirus, was admitted to a hospital in Milan for further tests, his party Forza Italia said on Friday. The Ansa agency reported that Berlusconi had been diagnosed with early stage bilateral pneumonia.more

Poland will receive EUR 650 million under the credit line of the European Investment Bank to finance activities related to the pandemic, especially in the areas of healthcare and civil protection, the EIB announced today.more

The UK government is to trial routine weekly Covid testing of the population as part of preparations to head off a possible winter second wave, as the former health secretary Jeremy Hunt called for such tests to become the norm.more

The COVID-19 vaccine developed by the European pharmaceutical form AstraZeneca may be available on the market in late 2020, reports Reuters. Sanofi and GSK vaccines are being introduced to clinical trials.more

The European Commission criticizes Poland's flight bans in certain countries due to the coronavirus pandemic. There are other measures that are more appropriate to contain the spread of the disease, European Commission spokesman Christian Wigand said on Thursday.more

A British care worker and mum-of-two is one of only five people in the world to have tested positive for coronavirus twice. more

The United Kingdom recorded 1,508 daily confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to government data published on Wednesday, up from 1,295 a day earlier.more

It is not the test result that will decide about the end of the quarantine, but the doctor during the consultation over the phone - such a solution is assumed by the change in regulations prepared by the Ministry of Health in Poland.more

Uber is to roll out a selfie feature on its app so that drivers can verify some riders are wearing face masks. more

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) data scientist Prof. Mark Last sees the end of the coronavirus peak in Israel and believes that New York and California may have reached herd immunity.more

The twins who were aggressive yesterday on the plane returning from Denmark on board the plane returning from Denmark, did not comply with the pandemic restrictions and the crew's instructions.more