Companies such as hotels, bars, restaurants, travel and leisure firms are taking on workers at the strongest rate since late 2015 as hopes for an economic bounce-back grow, new figures suggest.more
British Health Minister Matt Hancock has denied claims that he was lying about the Covid-19 pandemic, which he was accused of the day before by former chief adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings.more
It is by no means a foregone conclusion that we will be "violently" putting up with the restrictions in June. We must still remember to maintain sanitary discipline, said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki yesterday.more
"Boris Johnson is not the right person to lead the UK through the coronavirus pandemic and thousands of people have died needlessly as a result of government mistakes," said former chief adviser to British Prime Minister Dominic Cummings yesterday.more
France is to place tough new restrictions on arrivals from the UK over fears of the so-called Indian variant of Covid-19 which now makes up half of new cases in the UK.more
More than 3,000 new Covid cases have been reported in the UK for the first time since the start of April. The Government said on Wednesday that there had been a further 3,180 lab-confirmed cases in the countrymore
Gyms, restaurants, bars, museums and cinemas reopened in Oslo today as the Norwegian capital completed step two of its five-step plan to lift coronavirus restrictions.more
Boris Johnson wanted to be infected with Covid-19 live on TV to ‘show it’s nothing to be scared of’ and said it was like the new swine flu, Dominic Cummings has claimed.
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Ministers have backtracked over travel advice for eight areas worst hit by the Indian virus variant, after a change in guidance led to widespread confusion.more
Three young people have suffered strokes and one has died soon after receiving the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, prompting a call for doctors to be vigilant.more
A major Japanese newspaper has called for the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics, warning that the Games pose a threat to public health and will place additional strain on the country’s health service as it struggles to contain the latest wave of coronavirus.more
As many as 89 percent of Poles declare that they believe in science. But we do not want to vaccinate ourselves so much - the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reports today. more
The amended regulation of the Polish government makes it possible to release from the obligation to undergo quarantine persons who have a negative result of the SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic test, performed after arrival in Poland at the airport, prior to border control.more
The second person in the world to get the Pfizer-BioNTech jab has died of an unrelated illness. Bill Shakespeare, 81, received his first Covid vaccine in December at University Hospital Coventry shortly after 91-year-old Margaret Keenan.more
The first people have already lost their jobs because they did not want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 - reports Prawo.pl. In the opinion of experts quoted by the portal, the determination of employers to return to normalcy is so great that they are even ready to assume the risk of losing a case before the labor court.more
More than 22 million fully vaccinated Brits may still have to self-isolate for 10 days after coming in close contact with an infected person after June 21, reports say. more
Emma McClarkin, chief executive of the British Beer and Pub Association, said pubs cannot afford another “hurdle” to entry, and that vaccine certificates may add to tensions between staff and customers.more
Emmanuel Macron has challenged a pair of popular comedians whose YouTube profile has over 6.5 million subscribers. He proposed that if they publish a video urging people to comply with sanitary restrictions and the video gets at least 10 million views, he will allow them to implement the program at the Elysée Palace and perform in it himself. Youtubers achieved their goal.more
The repeal of the provision that prevents a person whose body temperature is equal to or exceeds 38 degrees Celsius to move on board an aircraft - provides for the draft regulation included in the list of legislative and program works of the Council of Ministers in Poland.more
More than 8,700 patients in England have died from the coronavirus after being infected in hospitals where they ended up for other ailments, the Guardian reports, citing data from the NHS.more
