France has reported a sharp rise in the number of coronavirus cases - 4,771 - up a thousand on Wednesday's figure. It is the first time more than 4,000 daily cases have been seen since May.more
People have no reason not to go back to workplaces as there is scant evidence that this is where coronavirus is passed on, Matt Hancock has insisted.more
Male gender and higher age - over 75 - are the main factors that increase the risk of dying from Covid-19, researchers in Spain have found. After five months of the epidemic in Spain, they say, the average age of those infected has dropped from 70 to 36.more
The head of Germany’s vaccines regulator said some groups of people living in Germany could be vaccinated early next year against the coronavirus that has killed almost 800,000 worldwide and wreaked havoc on the global economy.more
Egypt said it will require all travelers arriving to the country to present a negative Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) lab test result certificate for the coronavirus starting September 1, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced in a news conference on Wednesdaymore
The traces of the first wave of the pandemic on the Polish labor market are fading away. The key challenge now is to avoid consumer pessimism - the Polish daily "Puls Biznesu" reports.more
The Balearics have banned party boats and daytime pool parties under new restrictions to control a recent increase in the number of new Covid-19 cases.more
The chair of National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) Advisory Group says we would have faced 'hundreds' of coronavirus cases in a few weeks' time, if nothing had changed.more
The Norwegian Institute for Public Health has said it will recommend the country advises against travel to a string of new countries this week, including Ireland and the United Kingdom as well part of Denmark, including Copenhagen.more
The number of daily coronavirus cases and deaths have fallen since the peak of the pandemic in the UK, but the virus hasn't been wiped out. Sky News has put together a series of indicators to help you gauge how bad it's been, how bad it is right now and the risk to you personally.more
Emotional stress, financial danger, lack of exercise and isolation could trigger an explosion of the obesity epidemic, warn Danish experts. Actions are needed to both protect against the virus and ensure metabolic health, they add.more
Britain is unlikely to follow in France's footsteps by introducing a masking order in workplaces as most infections now occur in homes, said British Health Minister Matt Hancockmore
Borussia Dortmund made a loss of 43.9 million euros ($52 million) last season as the coronavirus pandemic took its toll on the German club's financial figures for 2019-20.more
In the era of the coronavirus, Poles began to look for other apartments. Ground floor flats and more expensive apartments have become the attractions. more
Shoppers made two million fewer supermarket trips than expected in the week after it became mandatory to wear a face covering in stores in England.more
France's labor ministry said yesterday that wearing masks in the workplace will be mandatory - except in offices where only one person works. The ministry also recommended maintaining remote work as much as possible.more
Former professional cyclist Jens Voigt sees the serious impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the number of serious accidents in racing. "In fact, cycling is more dangerous than Formula 1," he says.more
