The Swiss government decided on Wednesday that restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic will not be loosened because of too high a risk of another wave of infections. All current restrictions remain in place, it added.more
Austria plans to require proof of vaccination, recovery, or a negative Covid-19 test to enter workplaces, announced the Health Minister on Wednesday.more
If not enough people get vaccinated, it is more likely restrictions will be reintroduced in England, the health secretary has said. Sajid Javid said the government would not be bringing in its Plan B measures, which include mandatory face coverings and working from home, "at this point".more
Despite the increase in Covid-19 cases, closing stores and restoring curfew in the Netherlands are currently not being considered, said Jaap van Dissel, head of the pandemic management team. In his opinion, this is possible thanks to the high vaccination rate against the coronavirus.more
The first case of AY4.2, a new variant of the Delta coronavirus identified in the UK, was detected in an 11-year-old Israeli boy after he returned from Moldova, The Times of Israel reported.more
More than 660,000 tests for the presence of the coronavirus were carried out last 24 hours in Italy, the health ministry said. This is the highest number of studies since the beginning of the pandemic and the effect of the entry into force of the requirement to have a Covid-19 pass in all workplaces.more
The highest number of deaths from Covid-19 since the beginning of March - 223 - was registered in the past 24 hours in the United Kingdom, medical authorities said. More than 43,000 were also detected. new infections.more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to rule favourably today on the possibility of people vaccinated against Covid-19 being given an extra dose of a product, but from a different company, than they were previously given. According to media reports, the FDA is expected to recommend using preparations from the same company at the same time.more
Vaccination, distancing, disinfection and masks still apply, doctors affiliated to the Healthcare Employers' Agreement reminded on Tuesday, alerting that the number of detected coronavirus infections and COVID-19-related deaths are on the rise.more
The administration of the third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine - the so-called booster - in the UK is far too slow, according to experts quoted in British media today.more
Cases of psychosis have soared over the past two years in England as an increasing number of people experience hallucinations and delusional thinking amid the stresses of the Covid-19 pandemic.more
A spokesman for the British prime minister assured that Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie did not break covid restrictions last Christmas, but indirectly admitted that the controversy revealed by the media did take place.more
People vaccinated against SARS-CoV2 may have partial immunity against SARS-CoV1 and the viruses that cause the common cold. It may be possible to develop vaccines that protect against selected families of coronaviruses.more
In the UK, the number of new coronavirus infections is rising rapidly again. As reported on Monday, 49,156 of them were detected in the past 24 hours, which is the highest balance since July 17 and the third highest since the beginning of the third wave of the pandemic in this country.more
In Germany, almost 54.7 million people are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, which is 65.8%. of the entire population - informed yesterday the Berlin Institute of Robert Koch (RKI).more
A spike in Covid cases has been detected in south-west London, latest figures reveal.
Richmond has the highest rate in the capital, at 418.9 cases per 100,000 people over the most recent seven days.more
Recipients of the single-dose J&J vaccine against coronavirus should not worry about its lower effectiveness, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to the White House on ABC television. He assessed this following the approval for use of an additional booster vaccine by the company.more
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that in Auckland, which has almost 1.5 million inhabitants, the lockdown will be maintained for the next two weeks, despite the fact that nearly 90 percent City residents received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, the Reuters news agency reported.more
45,140 coronavirus infections were detected in the UK in the last 24 hours, the highest number in almost three months, and 57 deaths from Covid-19 were reported.more
The European automotive market in September this year. returned to the 1995 level with sales of just over 718.5 thousand. new cars this month - informed the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). This is an annual decrease of 23.1 percent - adds the organization.more
Over 40,000 people took to the streets of French cities in demonstrations against sanitary passes. people - the AFP agency reported today. A total of 171 protests took place throughout the country. They have been organized for 14 weeks.more
There are 19,714,288 people in Poland fully vaccinated, i.e. with two doses of preparations from Pfizer / BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca or with a single-dose vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, said yesterday on government websites.more
Vaccinated travellers from all countries will be able to travel freely to the US from 8 November, the White House announced today. This marks the reopening of US borders to travellers from the European Union, among others, after a gap of more than a year.more
