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The authorities of Greenland, an autonomous dependent territory of Denmark, have suspended all flights and cruises from its capital Nuuk after it has registered six new cases of coronavirus, the local newspaper Sermitsiaq reported.more

Around one million people aged 21 and 22 are now eligible to book their coronavirus vaccination. Some 972,000 text messages will be sent out starting today, inviting them to schedule appointments for both doses via the national booking system.more

Promising coronavirus case and vaccine rates suggest several holiday hotspots could be placed on the travel green list at the end of June.more

According to research by the National Institute of Public Health (RIVM), travelers returning to the Netherlands represent an increasing number of infected with COVID-19.more

Scotland may not move to the lowest level of lockdown until September, the country's national clinical director has warned after disclosing that the Indian or delta variant had pushed back the timetable by up to 10 weeks. more

Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez and GOP Sen. Susan Collins are renewing their call for a 9/11-style commission to study the causes of the COVID-19 and the U.S. response to the pandemic. more

Convincing Poles to choose an aircraft for this year's vacation, pointing to its epidemic safety and the use of EU COVID certificates by passengers - are the goals of the information campaign launched yesterday by the Civil Aviation Authority.more

More homes are being burgled now that the coronavirus restrictions are being lifted and people are out and about, the Telegraaf said on Monday.more

Britain is unlikely to reopen overseas travel to the major European holiday destinations until the beginning of August, UK ambassadors have warned.more

There was a record rise in the number of workers on payrolls in May as the jobs market continued to recover. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said there were 197,000 more people in payrolled employment last month compared with April, the highest rise since records began in 2014.more

Business groups have warned that pubs, bars, restaurants and nightclubs face significant hardship or collapse after the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in England was postponed for four weeks without new financial support from the government.more

The Irish government is set to announce an increase to the self-isolation period for British travellers, going up from five days to 10.more

The Delta strain of coronavirus should be renamed the ‘Johnson variant’ because of the Prime Minister’s ‘lax’ border measures, Labour has said.more

Some Covid restrictions in England will stay in place for now, the government has confirmed. It had hoped to "remove all legal limits on social contact" from 21 June. That's been put back until 19 July - although a review will take place in two weeks.more

The Delta variant of Covid-19, first identified in India, has been detected in 74 countries and continues to spread rapidly amid fears that it is poised to become the dominant strain worldwide.more

All adults in Wales have been offered a Covid jab, which the Welsh government says is six weeks ahead of schedule. Data published by Public Health Wales on Monday showed 2,216,031 people have been given a first vaccine dose - 70.3% of the population.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has delayed lifting England's remaining COVID-19 restrictions until Monday 19th of July.more

The American concern Novavax has announced the latest large study, which indicates the high effectiveness of the vaccine against various variants of Covid-19.more

The British medical journal Lancet called for "global talks" about the organization of the Tokyo Games during the Covid-19 pandemic and criticized international health organizations for keeping silent on the matter, Kyodo reported.more

A headache, sore throat and runny nose are now the most commonly reported symptoms linked to Covid infection in the UK, researchers say.more

Italy’s vaccination campaign has been thrown into chaos after experts banned the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for the under-60s only days after young Italians were encouraged to take it.more

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has rejected calls for an extension of the furlough scheme, despite an expected delay to the lifting of lockdown. more

For the first time in more than eight months, health authorities in Germany have reported less than 1,000 new coronavirus infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in a single day. The Minister of Health is in favor of the gradual abolition of the obligation to use masks.more

People in England and Wales rated their happiness the day before at an average of 7.2 out of 10 before the pandemic. The ONS has been monitoring levels throughout the pandemic, and that score dropped to its lowest point at 6.4 during the first week of lockdown at the end of March last year.more

Most coronavirus rules will remain in place in England for another four weeks after the planned 21 June unlocking, government sources have told the BBC.more