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Not a single case of the new coronavirus variant, B.1.1.529, has been detected in the UK, but it is highly likely that it has already spread beyond the countries where it has been identified, UK Health Minister Sajid Javid announced today.more

The obligation to wear masks outdoors is returning in the first cities in Italy due to the increase in coronavirus infections. In Milan, where the order applies to the centre, the fine for not wearing a mask will be between €400 and €3,000.more

Because of a new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa, which experts say is the most dangerous yet discovered and may be vaccine-resistant, the UK is closing its borders to travellers from six African countries.more

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) today recommended approval of Comirnata's Covid-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11 years.more

Annalena Baerbock, head of the Greens, announces that the new government will "give itself 10 days to check" whether the current pandemic protection and vaccination measures are sufficient, otherwise the government and experts will consider introducing further measures, reports Die Welt.more

The number of detected coronavirus infections in the UK since the start of the pandemic has exceeded 10 million, authorities said yesterday. In the past 24 hours, 47,240 new infections have been identified and 147 deaths from Covid-19 have been recorded.more

A fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic is passing through France, Health Minister Oliver Veran announced today. He announced new restrictions, including the loss of validity of sanitary passports without being vaccinated with a booster dose.more

Britain could face shortage of wine and spirits at Christmas, a drinks trade body has warned.more

Israeli Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said Israelis may need a fourth dose of the vaccine for Covid-19 if the number of cases of infection begins to rise again as part of the fifth wave of the pandemic, "The Times of Israel" reported today.more

The European Commission has today proposed to update the rules on the coordination of safe and free movement in the EU. Among the most important changes is a reduction in the validity of the vaccination certificate from 12 to 9 months. It will be possible to extend the validity of the document by taking a "booster dose" of the vaccine.more

Before you head out to buy your Christmas presents in a busy shopping centre, you might want to think about taking a Covid test beforehand. more

Europe has once again become the epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Secretary-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, declared yesterday. In his view, the protection provided by vaccines has created a "false sense of security" in people.more

The head of the Oxford jab programme says almost every Covid-19 patient in intensive care units (ICUs) has not been vaccinated. more

Obecna sytuacja epidemiczna wskazuje na to, że po pół roku od szczepienia odporność immunologiczna może słabnąć; obecnie do szpitali we Włoszech zaczynają też trafiać osoby zaszczepione - zauważył doktor Maciej Tarkowski, immunolog z laboratorium wydziału chorób zakaźnych na uniwersytecie w Mediolanie. Jak podkreślił, trzecia dawka szczepionki jest w wielu przypadkach konieczna.more

The heads of large coronavirus hospitals in Russia in an open letter to vaccine opponents suggested that they would show them wards for patients with Covid-19, intensive care units and mortuary. "Maybe after that you will change your position" - the doctors inform.more

Covid infection rates have started rising sharply in parts of Western Europe, prompting the introduction of fresh restrictions and lockdowns.more

By spring, there may be 700,000 jobs in 53 European and Central Asian countries. deaths due to Covid-19, and the global balance of deaths from the pandemic may increase by 2.2 million - warns the European branch of WHO.more

Faced with the rise in coronavirus infections, the Northern Ireland government yesterday reinforced its recommendation to work from home and avoid social contact, and announced that covid certificates would take effect on Monday. However, the Scottish government did not decide to extend them.more

In the French overseas department of Martinique, firearms were fired on by the security services and firefighters, the public security services said. The incident took place in connection with protests against restrictions related to Covid-19. No casualties have been reported, added.more

New research from Japan's National Institute of Genetics suggests the Delta variant of the coronavirus has led itself to "natural extinction" in Japan. This happened after a few mutations that made him unable to make a copy of his own.more

We have decided to shorten the period of administering the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by one month, i.e. to 5 months in the case of people over 50, said the Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski. He also added that from January, a drug against COVID-19 for home use will appear in Poland.more

Acting Chancellor Angela Merkel believes that last week's Bundestag and Bundesrat amendments to the Infection Protection Act will not be enough to break the fourth wave of the pandemic, when the number of infections doubles every twelve days. "We are dealing with a very dramatic situation," assessed Merkel.more

Over the weekend, people stormed open ski resorts in Austria to seize the last pre-lockdown opportunity to strap on their skis. But then there was a twist: it turned out that despite the lockdown, ski resorts could remain open. This decision was made by the National Council on Sunday evening.more

Thanks to the high level of vaccination, the United Kingdom has a chance to be the first of the large economies to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, assessed the former Deputy Minister of Health for Vaccination, and now Minister of Education Nadhim Zahawi.more

Israel, like the second country in the world after the US, began vaccinating children aged 5-11 against Covid-19 yesterday. A vaccine from Pfizer / BioNtech is used, which assures that it has shown 90.7 percent. efficacy against disease in a clinical trial involving children in this age range.more