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From Friday, February 18, in the Netherlands, the permitted operating time of restaurants will be extended, and from that day night clubs will also be able to resume their activities, informed parliamentarians, Minister of Health Ernst Kuipers. The premises will be open until 1:00 am.more

Wearing the mask does not have a significant negative impact on physical fitness, even during intense activity, according to research by a group of researchers from the Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Welfare at the University Clinic in Tübingen, informs the RND portal.more

The Covid-19 pandemic is not over yet, warned Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientific advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO). We expect new variants of SARS-CoV-2 to emerge, she said.more

The Welsh government announced further steps to ease covid restrictions, including a plan to lift them completely in March. Meanwhile, in Northern Ireland a similar step is impossible due to the lack of a functioning government.more

From today, in Italy, you no longer need to wear masks in the open. The Ministry of Health, which has lifted the requirement, recommended wearing face masks in crowded outdoor areas. At the same time there are restrictions for unvaccinated workers.more

The lower house (Tweede cameras) of the Dutch parliament liberalized the abortion law, passing yesterday the abolition of the five-day so-called reflection period before surgery. 101 deputies voted for and 38 deputies against.more

Protests against the vaccination obligation and epidemic restrictions continue for another day in the Canadian capital of Ottawa. In the morning, the police informed about the attacks blocking the 911 emergency telephone, the virtual meeting of the city council was also disrupted and access to the airport was blocked.more

Today at At 4.00 a.m., the previously announced changes to make it easier for people to travel to the UK, both for people vaccinated against Covid-19 and to some extent for unvaccinated people, entered into force.more

Downing Street has piled pressure on Sadiq Khan not to stretch out mask wearing rules on Transport for London services longer than necessary.more

Spanish authorities today lifted the requirement to wear protective masks outside enclosed spaces. The restriction was introduced in December 2021, shortly before Christmas, amid fears of an increase in coronavirus infection during the sixth wave of the pandemic sweeping through the country.more

Recent research in Japan indicates that Omicron persists on surfaces longer than other coronavirus variants, The Conversation reported Monday.more

"The pandemic is coming to an end"- assessed the immunologist from Milan, advisor to the Italian government Sergio Abrignani. In his opinion, a more virulent variant of the coronavirus is unlikely to emerge.more

The British government intends to lift the requirement in England for people infected with the coronavirus a month earlier than planned so far, i.e. at the end of February, announced Prime Minister Boris Johnson today.more

The Minister of Health is seeking to provide Polish patients with access to the drug Paxlovid. Discussions on the matter have been ongoing for some time, including at the European Union level, the Health Ministry's Communications Office said.more

The Swedish government announced on Monday that border controls on travelers entering from the EU will end from today. This means that Covid-19 certificates will not be checked, and unvaccinated people will not have to show a negative test result.more

From February 11, it will not be necessary to wear masks outside the entire territory of Italy - the regulation in this matter was announced by Deputy Minister of Health Andrea Costa. "It is a sign of hope for all Italians," he emphasized.more

According to the data of the Police Headquarters, from January to November last year. in Poland there were over 5% more suicide attacks than in the entire 2020. Such attempts are most often made by Poles in the 35-39 age group in the Vistula.more

Two German federal states, Berlin and Brandenburg, intend to abolish the so-called the 2G rule, according to which most stores can only be purchased by people vaccinated against Covid-19 and treated. You will need to wear the FFP2 mask instead.more

The Swedish Public Health Authority announced that with the lifting of all restrictions in Sweden on Wednesday, it will no longer be widely recommended to get tested for Covid-19 if you have symptoms of the disease.more

Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach believes that the relaxation of restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic will be possible in a few weeks. "I think we will loosen (restrictions) for good before Easter," - he declared on Bild television. He is "deeply convinced" of this.more

Britain's health ministry has halted at the last minute the presentation of a plan to tackle long waiting times for hospital admissions - as a result of pressure from the finance ministry, which does not want to provide extra money, according to media reports. more

An Oxford scientist who worked on the AstraZeneca vaccine says he thinks scientists and politicians “probably killed hundreds of thousands of people” by damaging the reputation of the jab.more

The virus in Italy is weakening, the critical phase is coming to an end, the extraordinary commissioner for the epidemic, Gen. Francesco Figliuolo, and the head of the Health Service Council, Franco Locatelli, assured in yesterday's press. The number of new infections is decreasing daily, and has recently gone below 100,000.more

The American airline Delta has applied to the Department of Justice (Ministry) of Justice to put all persons who caused any trouble during the flight on a nationwide "black list" to prohibit boarding.more

Due to the Omikron variant coronavirus infection spreading across Europe, hundreds of thousands of workers are either in isolation or in quarantine. Some countries have relaxed their rules so as not to paralyze key sectors. Absence of employees is particularly felt in education, healthcare and transport.more