A last-minute decision to relax Covid-19 safety rules for Saturday’s Champions League final has angered locals as hundreds of English fans not wearing masks packed Porto’s riverside bars on Friday night.more
In 2020 Booking.com received 100 million euros in support from the Dutch government. Now the three-person management of the popular booking site is to receive a bonus of 28 million euros. Politicians are demanding a refund.more
Healthcare workers are three times more likely to become infected during the COVID pandemic as compared to the rest of the population, a recent study has said emphasizing why medics need to be vaccinated on priority. more
150,000 catering workers are missing in Italy after more than a year of pandemic and months of lockdown, the service federation announced yesterday.more
Authorities in Vietnam have detected a new coronavirus variant that is a combination of the Indian and UK COVID-19 variants and spreads quickly by air, the health minister said on Saturday.more
Rare but serious blood clots after Covid-19 vaccinations are caused by adenovirus vectors that penetrate the cell nuclei and can be misread, causing rare diseases, according to a group of German scientists.more
Yesterday evening, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte confirmed the loosening of further restrictions introduced in the Netherlands in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic. From June 5, cinemas, theaters, museums and restaurants will open.more
The European Medicines Agency announced yesterday that it does not currently recommend a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. At the same time, she stated that this issue is being investigated.more
The Irish government has unveiled plans to further lift the coronavirus restrictions during the summer - these include the introduction of a vaccine certificate to allow free travel abroad.more
The plan to allow holidaymakers to return to Europe's beaches this summer has taken another step forward, as Greece and Spain announced a trial of the EU travel certificate.more
A single-dose Covid vaccine made by Janssen has been approved for use in the UK by the medicines regulator. The vaccine, which was 85% effective in stopping severe illness from Covid-19 in trials, has met expected safety standards.more
There is no data to suggest England's end to lockdown on 21 June might be delayed, the business secretary has said - but he cannot give a guarantee.more
The Swedish federation said that the national team players preparing for the European Championship will be completely isolated from their wives, partners and children due to the coronavirus pandemic and from June 2 they will be in a sterile "bubble" at the base in Gothenburg. more
Surgeons are calling for specialist hubs in England to help tackle what they call a "colossal backlog" of non-urgent operations because of Covid-19.more
Poles can now enjoy a meal in a restaurant again owing to a loosening of lockdown restrictions that took effect on Friday. Along with the re-starting of indoor dining, swimming pools, fitness clubs and solariums have opened their doors although visitor numbers are limited. In restaurants there is a 50-percent occupancy cap.more
Abbey Bugenske, the winner of Ohio's first vaccine lottery drawing, was on a trip to get a used car when she found out she won $1 million. She says she hopes the lottery will encourage other people to get the COVID-19 vaccine.more
A large UK study suggests having coronavirus around the time of birth may increase the chance of stillbirths and premature births - although the overall risks remain low.more
The Dutch Senate yesterday approved the introduction of a mandatory 10-day quarantine upon arrival in the Netherlands from high-risk countries. It will apply from June 1.more
In Sweden, immigrants are avoiding deportation from the country by refusing to test for Covid-19 as required by airlines and countries to which they are to be transferred.more
Up to three quarters of new UK Covid cases could be of the Indian variant, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said. Public Health England data shows cases of the variant have risen by 3,535 to 6,959 since last week.more
Plasma does not work - British scientists argue, and yet work on a Polish drug made of a liquid component of blood is underway - reports "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna". The newspaper points out that, inter alia, there are no patients who would participate in clinical trials.more
