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As of today, UK users of eight popular online dating apps can indicate on their profiles that they have already been vaccinated against Covid-19 or that they support vaccination.more

Spain’s preparations for the European Championship have been thrown into chaos after Sergio Busquets tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday morning, forcing the squad to go into isolation and to pull out of their final warm-up game against Lithuania on Tuesday night.more

Some firms are struggling to secure summer items like garden furniture, picnic baskets and outdoor toys, as consumers prepare to holiday in the UK. more

Scientists in South Africa have detected potentially dangerous coronavirus mutations in a woman with advanced HIV. The 36-year-old woman carried the COVID-19 virus for 216 days and during the said period, the virus collected over 30 mutations.more

Ponad cztery miesiące po pierwszej dawce szczepionki ryzyko śmierci z powodu Covid-19 spada o 95 procent, a hospitalizacji na intensywnej terapii o 90 procent - to najnowsze ustalenia włoskiego Instytutu Służby Zdrowia.more

The Government is "absolutely open" to delaying the June 21 unlocking, Matt Hancock said on Sunday in the strongest indication yet that the date for the next step in the roadmap could be put back.more

Poland will offer a first shot of the Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine to children aged 12-15 on Monday, June 7. A government regulation to this effect was published on Saturday.more

Hotel booking website Booking.com is paying back the €65m it received from the Dutch government to help pay wages in the first three months of the pandemic, following the public and political outcry over a €28m bonus package for three top executives.more

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

Boris Johnson has come under pressure in recent weeks to delay lifting all COVID restrictions on 21 June after several scientists urged him to.more

Offices all over Poland are returning to personal service of applicants. Visits in prisons will also be possible in a few days.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. more

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 UK Government is “open minded” about extending the furlough scheme, a leading member of Boris Johnson’s cabinet has insisted. 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