Angel Rodriguez Guzman, a 70-year-old infected in mid-March with the coronavirus, left the intensive care unit of a hospital in Madrid on Friday. The man stayed there for a record-long period - 158 days.more
Hungary will close its borders to non-residents from Tuesday to try and curb the increasing number of coronavirus cases, the government said on Friday.more
The United Kingdom recorded 1,108 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the past day, the government said on Saturday, down slightly from the figure recorded on Friday.more
The police in Berlin interrupted yesterday a demonstration of opponents of restrictions introduced in connection with the coronavirus pandemic. A crowd of 18,000 had to withdraw from the demonstration due to non-compliance with sanitary rules.more
Up to 85,000 people may die from the coronavirus in the coming winter in the UK. people - assumes a confidential governmental "relatively worst-case", which today informs the BBC.more
The British government will launch a campaign next week to encourage a return to stationary work instead of remote work. It will highlight the benefits of working as normal and urge employers to ensure that workplaces are safe.more
Almost half of the parents want their children to return to school; Parents of grades 1-3 (52 percent) are most inclined to do this, according to the Pollster poll for Super Express published today.more
Children and young people are far less likely than adults to get severe cases of COVID-19 infection, and death from the pandemic disease among children is exceptionally rare, according to UK research published on Thursday.more
From September 15, passengers traveling from Poland to China must have a negative PCR test result for COVID-19 from an institution designated by the Chinese embassy in Poland, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced yesterday via the portal "Pole abroad".more
Today from At 8:00 a.m. in the whole of Paris and in the close suburbs of the French capital, it is mandatory to wear protective masks in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic, as ordered by the authorities. Only in apartments you can stay with your face exposed.more
Japan is making an aggressive move to grab enough coronavirus vaccine to inoculate its population four times over, a push the government hopes will instil confidence that it can host a delayed summer Olympics next year.more
“The epidemic is gaining ground, and now we must intervene,” French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday. France “must do everything to avoid a new confinement.”more
Poland will ban flights from 46 countries, including France and Spain, as of Sept 2, according to a draft regulation published on Thursday, as the country grapples with a spike in coronavirus infections.more
The Public Health Agency has suggested that the limit for attendees at public events be raised to 500 – but that one metre's distance should be kept between guests.more
Travellers in Switzerland, Jamaica and Czech Republic who return to the UK from 0400 on Saturday must self-isolate for two weeks, the UK government says.more
The UK was the hardest hit by Covid-19 among major economies from April to June, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has said.more
The number of coronavirus cases in Italy has almost doubled in a week, the medical research foundation Gimbe in Bologna reported today. She emphasized that the current scale of infections is incomparable with the beginning of the epidemic, but vigilance is necessary.more
Some easyJet passengers from Gibraltar became liable for two weeks of self-isolation after the airline put them up in Spanish hotels because of an overnight delay.more
Police in northern France said Wednesday they had arrested a man suspected of having stabbed a waiter at a beachfront bar after he asked him to wear a mask.more
Some restaurants say they will continue to offer the Eat Out to Help Out scheme in September, funding it themselves, because it has been so successful.more
