AFP reports that 2,250 people from different countries – from Great Britain, South Africa, Brazil and Poland – will be recruited for the second and third phases of the tests. The vaccine uses a “vector” (adenovirus) technology that is used to Vaccines Against Covid-19 around the world.more
A Covid-19 expert, responsible for the commonly used coronavirus symptom app has warned that there are actually 21 symptoms people need to be aware of.more
The decrease in the number of cases of Covid-19 and the lifting of restrictions, which is progressing faster than in some countries, may encourage a greater number of foreigners to spend this year's holidays in Poland than in 2020.more
One should go on vacation after vaccination against Covid-19 is finished, Italian experts say, adding that tourism is "spreading the virus" and its Delta variant.more
The Internazionale winger scored in the 3-1 win over Scotland on Tuesday that secured a place in the last 16 as runners-up to England in Group D. The 32-year-old will now spend 10 days in self-isolation, and so will not be available for Monday’s match against Spain in Copenhagen.more
The United Kingdom recorded 18,270 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, the highest daily rise since Feb. 5, and 23 deaths, official data showed.more
Paradoxically, the Delta variant of the coronavirus confirms the effectiveness of the vaccination program, mainly the unvaccinated die, the expert of the Supreme Medical Council in Poland said.more
Matt Hancock has resigned as health secretary after he breached social distancing guidance by kissing a colleague. In a letter to the PM he said the government "owe it to people who have sacrificed so much in this pandemic to be honest when we have let them down".more
Since the beginning of the year, more than 650 Polish citizens have not been able to leave the country because of using an invalid document and violating the quarantine rules, the Border Guard informed.more
The virus that causes Covid-19 began spreading in China most likely as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in the city of Wuhan, new research published yesterday by the British University of Kent showed.more
The stricter quarantine rules from Thursday apply after entry to Poland from countries outside the Schengen Area or from outside the EU - results from the provision of the regulation specified by the government yesterday. The government also expanded the catalog of people released from entry quarantine.more
Iceland will be the first country in Europe to lift all its Covid-19 restrictions as it is set to scrap face masks and social distancing, the country's health minister said today. The North Atlantic country will lift all its domestic restrictions on Saturday in accordance with recommendations made by Chief Epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason.more
Only 28 coronavirus infections were registered after nine pilot events involving over 58,000 people. The aim was to see how it is safe to go back to organizing mass events, the British government announced yesterday.more
The World Health Organization (WHO) forecasts that people most vulnerable to COVID-19, such as the elderly, will need to get an annual vaccine booster to be protected against variants, an internal document seen by Reuters shows.more
In over 50 media outlets around the world, texts about innovative Poland and ideas for recovering from the pandemic will be published this weekend. more
Coronaviruses have sparked some massive disease outbreaks in living memory, but we've actually been battling them for millennia, according to a new study.more
Only 19 percent of Poles declare that they washed and disinfected their hands before March 2020. In the first months of the pandemic, this percentage increased to 65 percent - according to the latest study.more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has admitted breaking social distancing guidance after pictures of him kissing an aide were published in a newspaper.more
The UK boss of banking giant Citigroup has said its "business works best from being together" as the firm plans for staff to work from the office for three days a week.more
As of Thursday eveniung (June 25) 41,218,602 doses of the various Covid-19 vaccinations had been delivered across Spain with 38,293,871 doses administered, 733,245 of them within the last 24 hour period, a new daily record.more
A new study estimates that life expectancy in the U.S. decreased by nearly two years between 2018 and 2020, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And the declines were most pronounced among minority groups, including Black and Hispanic people.more
