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Allowing fully vaccinated people to skip self-isolation risks a "loss of compliance", a psychologist has warned. Prof Robert West said the move - being considered by ministers - could breed "resentment" and encourage those without both jabs to ignore the rules.more

Norway is delaying the next major step in unwinding restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic to the end of the month at the earliest, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Monday.more

The Queen has given the George Cross to the National Health Service, recognising its staff - past and present - across the UK. In a handwritten message, Her Majesty says that NHS staff have done their work "with courage, compassion and dedication" for 73 years.more

The successive lifting of sanitary restrictions in Spain since May has not led to a significant improvement in the situation of the tourism industry. Numerous hospitality and catering organizations say the number of tourists reaching the country is below expectations.more

Poland, France, Italy and a number of other European countries may soon be entered on the UK Green Travel List, reports the British press. According to experts, this is due to the overall decline in infections in many countries.more

The number of people who don't turn up to their Covid vaccination appointment in Germany is increasing, leading to politicians from the government to start discussing the possibility of fines for people who make an appointment but don't show up.more

Some Covid measures should be kept in place in England beyond 19 July - when all legal restrictions are due to be lifted, a doctors' union says.more

The Duchess of Cambridge is having to self-isolate after coming into contact with someone who later tested positive for coronavirus, Kensington Palace has said.more

Despite the low unemployment rate and the growing number of job offers, the redundant workers more often than before the pandemic assess the search for a new job as difficult - the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reports.more

The UK health ministry announced yesterday 24,248 new coronavirus infections and 15 deaths from Covid-19. In both cases it is less than the day before. On Saturday, 24,885 new infections and 18 deaths were recorded.more

Leading American infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci reported that 99.2 percent of of all new deaths from Covid-19 are unvaccinated. His speech was provided by the NBC television station.more

Robert Jenrick says it is time to take "personal responsibility" on taking precautions like wearing masks England will move into a period without legal restrictions where the public will have to exercise "personal responsibility" including on face masks, the housing secretary has said.more

71.8 percent Poles expect the restoration of restrictions related to the epidemic situation in the fall, according to a SW Research survey for the rp.pl portal. However, almost half of them predict that the restrictions will be introduced to a lesser extent than in autumn 2020 and spring this year.more

A group of business leaders has urged ministers to "set the country clearly on the path to recovery" by encouraging people to return to the office.more

In most European countries, the obligation to wear masks most often applies to closed rooms. Disregarding the rules may result in fines of up to PLN 1,900. In Turkey and Cyprus, nose and mouth coverage is compulsory also in open public spaces.more

Scanning QR codes before entering bars, restaurants and other venues, will no longer be required when coronavirus restrictions end on July 19, according to reports. more

The number of new infections is down slightly from Friday's figure, while official data shows 33,402,028 people in the UK have now been fully vaccinated.more

"There is a high probability of the fourth wave. I would like to be wrong, but there are many indications that, although a smaller, but fourth wave of coronavirus infections and COVID-19 cases will certainly occur in Poland" - assesses the cardiologist, lipidologist, epidemiologist of heart diseases and of prof. Maciej Banach from the Medical University of Łódź.more

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ASB) said yesterday that, according to research, the risk of death from AstraZeneca from thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) is almost the same as the risk of death from a lightning strike.more

The Irish government has announced it is to purchase one million Covid-19 vaccine doses from Romania. The agreement in principle to purchase the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, followed talks between Taoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis.more

The federal government and the Länder support the recommendation from the Standing Committee on Immunization (STIKO) that after the first coronavirus vaccination with the AstraZeneca vector vaccine, the second vaccination should be performed with mRNA vaccines from Pfizer / BioNTech or Moderna.more

There were 27,125 new cases of Covid-19 in the UK yesterday; 27 people died, the country's health ministry said. The day before, 27,989 people were infected, mainly with the Delta variant; 22 people died.more

Travelers using Oslo Gardermoen airport must take into account long waiting times, said Avinor, the airport manager. According to the media, checking covid certificates takes up to six hours.more

Up to five million Brits could potentially be barred from holidaying in Europe because they received an Indian-made version of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, reports suggest.more

Haribo is struggling to get its sweets to UK shops because of a shortage of delivery drivers linked to Covid-19 and Brexit.more