The first weekend in Italy with the entry of Covid-19 passes for entry to many public places and mass events passes without major difficulties. The vast majority of people accept checks and the fact that sometimes you have to wait in line.more
The European Union is likely to debate next week to re-introduce restrictions on US travelers due to the rise in coronavirus infections in the country, Bloomberg said yesterday, citing a well-informed source.more
Most of the remaining covid restrictions in Wales were lifted on Saturday, although the requirement for masks will remain in some situations. Already in July, restrictions were lifted in England, and on Monday, they will be lifted in Scotland.more
Over 34.8 million vaccinations against COVID-19 have been carried out in Poland. Over 17.7 million people are fully vaccinated. The highest percentage of fully vaccinated people is in Podkowa Leśna in Mazowsze - 64 percent; the smallest is in the Czarny Dunajec commune in Podhale - 17.8 percent.more
From November 11, all elderly care workers in England will have to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the British government announced yesterday.more
The total number of detected coronavirus infections in the UK has already exceeded 6 million, and the last million were found in less than a month, according to statistics released yesterday.more
UK music festivals and other major live events will be covered by the government's insurance program in case they have to be canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the British government announced Friday.more
Sadiq Khan has said travelling on the London Underground without wearing a face mask should be made a criminal offence. Currently Transport for London (TfL) requires passengers to wear a covering as a ‘condition of carriage’.more
The Higher Court of Catalonia (TSJC) has approved the maintenance of the night curfew in 176 municipalities in this region of Spain until August 20, due to the escalation of the Covid-19 pandemic. 80 percent live in the area covered by the restriction. Catalan population.more
Alok Sharma, head of the UN climate summit COP26, scheduled for November in Glasgow, has already made 30 air journeys this year, six of them to countries with the so-called He was not in quarantine after all, the Daily Mail revealed.more
CNN reported to its employees that three people had been fired for violating the station's sanitary policy by coming to work without being vaccinated against Covid-19, US media reported.more
The American pharmaceutical company Moderna announced that its vaccine against Covid-19 is in approx. 93 percent. effective for six months after the second dose. The company therefore advocates giving a booster dose.more
The introduction of new covid regulations has many more supporters than opponents - informs today's "Rzeczpospolita" based on the results of the IBRiS survey.more
As many hospitals are requiring workers to get coronavirus vaccines, a major nursing home system is also applying pressure to its workers, telling them to either get vaccinated or face being fired.more
France's top constitutional authority on Thursday approved a Covid pass that limits access to cafes, restaurants and inter-city trains and planes to people who have been vaccinated or tested negative for the virus.more
A new University of Chicago study has found that the drug masitinib may be effective in treating COVID-19. The drug, which has undergone several clinical trials for human conditions but has not yet received approval to treat humans, inhibited the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in human cell cultures and in a mouse model, leading to much lower viral loads.more
Boris Johnson has decided not to travel abroad for his summer holidays and will instead take a “staycation” in the UK later this month, The Telegraph understands.more
Full vaccination for travel is probably going to feature ‘forever more’ and most countries will require it for entry, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps expects.more
As the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 progresses and despite the increase in infections caused by the Delta variant of the coronavirus, some European countries are loosening sanitary restrictions. They were completely abolished in England, abolition in Scotland and easing in Portugal announced.more
Older workers were on Tuesday encouraged to return to the workplace as they have an “obligation” to pass on their knowledge and skills to younger employees.more
UK experts are set to recommend all 16 and 17-year-olds should be offered a Covid vaccine, the BBC has been told. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation stopped short of making the move last month, saying it was still assessing the benefits and risks.more
