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As previously announced, from this morning all those arriving in the UK from abroad must again present a negative coronavirus test, in a bid to prevent the spread of the Omikron variant.more

Infections with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus have been confirmed in the UK in people who have not travelled abroad recently, meaning it is already spreading locally, UK health minister Sajid Javid said yesterday.more

In 2020, 1.3 million people died of cancer in Europe. We must be ambitious in our fight against this disease. We want health policy to be part of areas that are also dealt with by the EU institutions, argued European People's Party (EPP) MEPs at a press conference today.more

The government has announced a fight against false vaccination certificates. In practice this fight is almost impossible - writes today's "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna".more

During Saturday's protests in Berlin against new restrictions on the coronavirus outbreak, several journalists were attacked by demonstrators, the daily Bild reports.more

The next pandemic could be more contagious, more deadly or both, Oxford University professor Sarah Gilbert, who is one of the developers of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, warned the BBC today.more

The EC wants member states to accept travellers vaccinated with preparations not used in the EU. At the same time, it plans to shorten the validity of the vaccination allowing entry into the EU to 9 months. Individual countries are still largely free to formulate their own rules for visitors.more

Emergency measures brought in to halt the spread of the Omicron Covid variant are likely to be extended into the new year, according to reports. more

Two years after the first cases of Covid-19 were detected in Wuhan, the genesis of the pandemic is still a mystery. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has set up a new team of scientists to investigate the case, but Beijing has rejected a plan to investigate further in China and inspect the Wuhan laboratory.more

Another 86 infections with the Omikron coronavirus variant have been confirmed in the UK, and there are already 246 in total, the British Health Safety Agency (UKHSA) reported yesterday. This means that compared to Saturday, the number of infections has increased by over 50%.more

In many countries of the world there is an increase in coronavirus infections among children, incl. in France, Great Britain, South Africa, Canada and Australia. The main reasons are the emergence of more contagious variants such as Delta and Omikron and the lack of immunization among children.more

Ministers have given GPs in England the green light to provide less care to patients for the next four months so they can join the “national mission” to urgently deliver Covid booster jabs.more

French health minister Olivier Veran estimated that the current wave of coronavirus infections will peak after the end of January next year.more

Some covid restrictions are coming back in Ireland from the new week - Prime Minister Micheal Martin announced yesterday evening. They will concern dining establishments and nightclubs, the number of viewers at concerts and sports events, visits to homes and entry into the country.more

As of midday today, Norway requires people crossing the border, including those vaccinated, to undergo a Covid-19 test. This means in practice that the EU Covid passport no longer works in this country.more

OMICRON cases have more than trebled overnight with 92 new infections detected in the last 24-hours. The spike takes the national total to 134 – up from 42 reported on Thursday.more

90 percent of Hungarian Wizz Air's crew are vaccinated against Covid-19, the carrier said. It has been a requirement since 1 December for all flight and cabin crew to be vaccinated or regularly tested - unless they have recently passed Covid -19, it added.more

The Co-op has become the latest supermarket chain to say it will not enforce new mask wearing rules to avoid their staff being abused by customers.more

Australian epidemiologist Professor Tony Blakely believes that Omicron, if indeed it turns out to be a variant of the coronavirus that is particularly infectious rather than causing severe disease, could be a way out of the pandemic, Australian TV channel 7news reported.more

As a booster against Covid-19, preparations from Pfizer / BioNTech and Moderna perform best, according to a study conducted at the University of Southampton, which was reported in the magazine "The Lancet" on Friday.more

The European Medicines Agency has launched a study of Valneva's Covid-19 vaccine, which has filed for marketing authorisation in the EU.more

An average of two people died homeless every day of 2020 as the country struggled with the Covid-19 outbreak. more

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reported today that mathematical models indicate that a new variant of the Omicron virus could account for more than half of infections in the EU and European Economic Area (EEA) in a few months.more

Chancellor Angela Merkel, Chancellor-designate Olaf Scholz and the prime ministers of the Länder have today agreed on new nationwide restrictions for those not vaccinated against Covid-19. Chancellor Merkel says the pandemic situation is very serious.more

In the last 24 hours, 53,945 coronavirus infections were detected in the UK, the highest daily balance since July 17, and 141 deaths due to Covid-19 were reported. Among the infections there are 10 new cases of the Omikron variant.more