British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday called for leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations to make a commitment to vaccinate the entire world against COVID-19 by the end of 2022 when they meet in Britain next week.more
Traveling in Europe still requires presenting negative tests for the presence of coronavirus. Usually young children are exempt, but there are no uniform rules. Children up to 12 years old will go to Croatia without examination, and to Greece - up to 5 years old. more
The number of people infected with coronavirus in the UK has risen by as much as two-thirds, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) says. It estimates that around 100,000 people tested positive in the week to 29 May, or one in 660 people - up from 60,000 the previous week.more
One of Japan's best-known Olympians and an executive member of the Japanese Olympic Committee says Tokyo has been "cornered" into holding the Olympics during the COVID-19 pandemic.more
Europeans vaccinated with one of the four recognized coronavirus vaccines in Europe will be able to enter France without a PCR test from Wednesday 9 June, said Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Tourism Secretary.more
More than 20 cases of the so-called “Nepal variant”, responsible for disrupting travel with Portugal, have been discovered in the UK, officials have revealed.
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Jobs vacancies in the UK are soaring but there are not enough workers to fill them, a report suggests. The easing of Covid restrictions and reopening of various sectors meant demand for workers rose at its fastest rate in May for more than 23 years, according to a KPMG survey.more
The Swedish national team has been staying at the base in Gothenburg since Wednesday, an isolated luxury hotel where the only guests are members of the team. Everyone has been divided into smaller groups and each contact is documented in detail so that in the event of detection of Covid-19 infection, the source can be quickly detected.more
The UK regulator has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in children aged 12-15, saying it is safe and effective in this age group and the benefits outweigh any risks.more
More than half of the UK's adult population has already received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, the British government announced. However, concerns are raised by the Indian variant of the coronavirus, which has already become dominant in the UK.more
The Netherlands Society of Anaesthesiology (NVA) announced today that it will take at least two years to make up for delays in medical surgeries and treatments postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.more
Supermarket trolleys and shopping baskets do not maintain the recommended safe distance of 1.5 meters between customers, say Dutch scientists from the University of Amsterdam (UvA).more
More than three quarters of UK adults have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the latest figures published today (2 June) show, as the vaccination programme continues at pace.more
A total of seven Scotland players have not travelled for Wednesday's Euro 2020 warm-up game against the Netherlands following John Fleck's positive coronavirus test. more
Seven EU countries - Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Croatia and Poland - decided to connect to the EU IT system verifying Covid certificates and started issuing them. How will the covid passport system work in practice?more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the Covid-19 vaccine developed by the Chinese company Sinovac for emergency use, it said. This is the second Chinese green light product from WHO.more
For the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in March last year, there has been a day in the UK without a single death from Covid-19, according to statistics released yesterday.more
Sunlight, especially UVA and UVB rays, kills the Sars-Cov-2 virus in minutes, say scientists from the University of Milan and the Italian Institute of Astrophysics. In their opinion, this is how the seasonality of the coronavirus escalation can be explained.more
Scotland is slowing down the pace of lifting coronavirus restrictions. Contrary to the earlier schedule, in the central lane - where most of the country's population lives - they will not be loosened. This was announced yesterday by the head of the Scottish government, Nicola Sturgeon.more
Millions of Americans could be left without a home soon when the national eviction ban expires this June. In Florida and South Carolina, 25% of renters are behind on their housing payments, whereas in Maine and Kentucky, 6% of adult renters could be evicted this month.more
World number one Novak Djokovic said on Thursday that he would reconsider taking part in the Tokyo Olympics if spectators were banned from attending.more
School days could be extended by half an hour - to create a minimum 35-hour week - to help pupils catch-up under an ambitious £15billion Covid bounce back plan, it was reported last night.more
