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Almost 1,025 million vaccines against Covid-19 were given on Saturday in the United Kingdom, of which 940.6 thousand. these were booster doses, announced yesterday Minister of Health Sajid Javid. This is the first time that the million doses per day have been exceeded.more

One in seven Dutch people argue with family or friends about the coronavirus, according to a study conducted for the public television program "EenVandaag". At the same time, 70 percent. vaccinated respondents consider the decision not to vaccinate as "selfish and stupid".more

Vaccinations against COVID-19 with a booster dose taken abroad can be entered into the national system from December 22, the Polish Ministry of Health reported. It added that it is about vaccines authorized in the EU.more

From today in Austria, new anti-epidemic regulations regarding entry into the country are in force - the so-called 2G plus principle. Even people vaccinated with two doses of Covid-19 and convalescents must perform an additional PCR test. Only the triple vaccinated persons are exempt from this obligation.more

Members of the public have been urged to reduce contact with others as Dominic Raab said he cannot rule out more restrictions before Christmas.more

The photo of Boris Johnson, his wife and 17 employees in the Downing Street garden with bottles of wine and a cheese board comes from their "working meeting", a spokesman for the British Prime Minister explained today.more

The Andalusian authorities in southern Spain today introduced a passport that certifies that guests at hotels and restaurants have completed the full course of Covid-19 immunization.more

Omikron is already the dominant variant of the coronavirus in Ireland, the country's health ministry said. According to estimates, it currently accounts for 51.6 percent. infections.more

UK shoppers chose to avoid High Streets and city centres on the crucial weekend just before Christmas, amid fears over the Omicron Covid-19 variant.more

"If the Omikron variant completely eludes vaccines, it will become virtually a different virus and it will be pandemic B" - such an opinion was expressed by an Italian expert, former director of the national and then European Medicines Agency Guido Rasi on TV RAI.more

Toilet paper, handkerchiefs and kitchen towels are becoming noticeably more expensive, drastic price increases have been announced, among others, by large German producer Essity. A price increase of 20 percent is expected. - learns the Kronen Zeitung.more

The number of confirmed cases of the Omikron variant in Great Britain increased by 12,133 and there are already 37.1 thousand of them in total. - the British Health Safety Agency (UKHSA) reported yesterday. It was emphasized that the number of vaccines administered against Covid-19 is also a record.more

The Omikron coronavirus variant is five times more likely to cause coronavirus reinfection than Delta is, and is no less dangerous than the latter strain, according to a study by Imperial College London in Reuters.more

Due to the spread of the Omikron variant, the British government is considering tightening covid restrictions, including a two-week lockdown just after Christmas, reports British media.more

Due to the increased number of infections and concerns caused by the new variant of the coronavirus, more countries require a PCR test when entering their territory. Such additional restrictions await Poles going to the USA, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Norway, Greece and Cyprus.more

More than four thousand cases of coronavirus infection were recorded in one day in Australia, the Australian news agency (AAP) said this morning, local time. This is a record daily number of infections in the country since the start of the pandemic.more

In Spain, the sixth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is escalating, and the number of cases of infections with the Omikron variant is increasing in several regions of the country. The Canary Islands are currently among the most affected by infections in the Autonomous Communities.more

For fear of a new variant of the Omikron coronavirus, from Monday, December 20, Germany is introducing a two-week quarantine obligation for people coming from the UK, including those vaccinated and cured of Covid-19, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported.more

Additional pandemic restrictions are inevitable due to the rapidly spreading Omikron, otherwise the NHS is in danger of collapsing, London Mayor Sadiq Khan said in an interview with the BBC today.more

In the face of soaring levels of infections with the Omikron coronavirus variant, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced the introduction of a hard nationwide lockdown from today.more

The UK's top civil servant has stepped aside from his role leading an inquiry into Downing Street lockdown parties, after it emerged an event was held in his own office. Simon Case had been due to report on claims Covid rules were broken at events for staff last year.more

Scientists consider a scratchy throat a typical symptom of the Omikron coronavirus variant, the British "Independent" reports on Friday.more

Seven people have already died in the UK from the Omikron coronavirus variant, and the number of detected cases has increased by more than 10,000 compared to the previous day's balance, the British Health Safety Agency (UKHSA) reported yesterday.more

The advice from England's Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty comes after Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon "strongly advised" people to reduce contact with other households. more

93,045 coronavirus infections were detected in the UK in the past 24 hours, which is the third consecutive day with the highest daily balance of infections since the start of the pandemic, the report said. 3,201 new cases of the Omikron variant were foundmore