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Swiss people overwhelmingly backed a March law in yesterday's referendum that, among other things, introduced a covid passport, now required for entry into restaurants and other enclosed public spaces, official results cited by AP show.more

The World Health Organisation (WHO) today assessed that a new variant of a coronavirus called Omicron poses a "very high global risk with potentially serious consequences".more

Britons who refuse to wear a face mask will face fines of £200 as the Government tightens Covid restrictions to contain the Omicron variant, according to a report.more

The UK Health Safety Agency today confirmed the country's third infection with the Omikron variant, adding that the infected has already left the UK. Health Minister Sajid Javid revealed that the obligation to perform a PCR test by people coming to the country and stricter rules for wearing masks will enter into force the day after tomorrow.more

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called on citizens to voluntarily limit contacts in order to avoid a lockdown. "Let's stick to the rules, let's reduce our contacts again" - he told in an article for "Bild am Sonntag".more

Switzerland has extended quarantine requirements for travelers arriving from the UK, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Egypt and Malawi, the health ministry said.more

A special task force was set up today at Rome's Spallanzani infectious disease hospital to investigate a new variant of coronavirus, first identified in southern Africa. There are calls for extraordinary vigilance and hypotheses that it may be resistant to vaccines.more

The new variant of the Omikron coronavirus is unlikely to be immune to the vaccines available on the market, and the concerns about it are currently exaggerated - assessed the microbiologist Prof. Calum Semple of the British Government Emergency Advisory Board (SAGE).more

The World Health Organization yesterday called the new coronavirus variant "alarming" detected in countries in southern Africa. The variety known so far as B.1.1.529 was named after the Greek letter Omikron, the Reuters Agency reported.more

In the last 24 hours, 50,019 coronavirus infections were detected in the UK and 160 deaths from Covid-19 were reported, it said yesterday evening. This is the first case in more than a month and the second since mid-July, for the daily balance of infections to exceed 50,000.more

The European Commission proposed yesterday that priority should be given to people vaccinated against Covid-19 when travelling outside the EU. The final decision on this is to be taken by member states within the EU Council.more

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

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

65% of professionally active Poles complain about symptoms of professional burnout. The most common symptoms include physical and mental exhaustion, lack of job satisfaction, lack of motivation to work and prolonged fatigue - according to the latest social opinion survey.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

Evie Toombes, 20, who was born with spina bifida, is suing her mother's doctor over "wrongful conception". The medic failed to advise the pregnant woman to take folic acid, the lack of which caused the foetal defect, Australian news.com.au reported yesterday.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