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The coronavirus pandemic could largely be over in Britain by October, a top scientist has predicted. Professor Neil Ferguson - whose modelling led to the first lockdown in March 2020 - said caution is still needed, but cases are ‘plateauing’.more

Senior cabinet ministers are to discuss allowing fully vaccinated travellers from the EU and US to avoid quarantine when they arrive in England.more

Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove has branded those who refuse a Covid vaccine “selfish” and insisted that they face being barred from mass events.more

A mixed vaccination of first AstraZeneca and then a Pfizer COVID-19 shot boosted neutralizing antibody levels by six times compared with two AstraZeneca doses, a study from South Korea showed.more

In 2020, due to the COVID-19 epidemic, there was a sharp decrease in life expectancy in all voivodeships in Poland, both for men and women, informs "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" today.more

All children aged 12 to 15 will be offered COVID-19 vaccinations in next month’s expansion of the inoculation program in Ireland. Ireland’s Cabinet yesterday signed off on the recommendation from Health Minister Stephen Donnelly and the government’s National Immunisation Advisory Committee.more

Collective immunity has been achieved in the Republic of San Marino, the sanitary authorities of one of the smallest and oldest countries in the world have informed. There, over 90 percent of residents vaccinated against Covid-19 received the Russian drug Sputnik V there.more

Covid deaths in the UK have exceeded 100 for the first day since March 17. A total of 131 people have died within 28 days of a positive test in the past 24 hours. But cases have fallen for the seventh day in a row, with the country reporting 23,511 new infections today. Yesterday, 14 deaths and 24,950 new cases were recorded.more

In the UK, the number of infections has been falling for a few days, but it could increase again soon as children return to school and adults to work, British specialists warn. It is too early to strike back the success - they stipulate.more

German health expert Karl Lauterbach warns of the impending fourth wave of coronavirus infections. This would mean a "catastrophic" return of patients with Covid-19 to intensive care units, as well as the re-introduction of restrictions for the population, reports the RND portal.more

The UK has reported 24,950 new cases of COVID-19 in the latest 24-hour period. It means the number of COVID cases reported in the UK has fallen for the sixth consecutive day. Fourteen deaths were reported during the same period.more

The Green Party demands the introduction of compulsory vaccinations against Covid-19 in Poland. The appeal was addressed to the government and the minister of health; The Green Party also asked other parties to support such a solution. more

The German chancellor's most senior adviser has said that those who fail to get their coronavirus jabs will enjoy fewer freedoms. Helge Braun warned they may be denied entry to bars and cultural events.more

Heathrow Airport has urged the government to reopen the UK economy to fully vaccinated travellers from the EU and US by the end of the month after revealing coronavirus crisis losses of almost £3bn to date.more

The highly contagious Delta variant of Sars-Cov-2 has been identified in 124 countries and is expected to become the dominant strain worldwide within months, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns.more

Contraceptive pills are available to buy over the counter in pharmacies for the first time in the UK. Until now women have needed a prescription to get the pill.more

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that the US is "going in the wrong direction" as the number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise, particularly among unvaccinated Americans.more

Philip Morris International is hoping that customers will switch to vapes which are considered less harmful.more

The majority, 80 percent, of people vaccinated against COVID-19 who still became infected with the virus did not pass it on to others in public, the Times of Israel reports the country’s Health Ministry as saying.more

Britain reported 29,173 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, a fall from 31,795 a day earlier, while the number of deaths within 28 days of a positive test dropped to 28 from 86 on Saturday, official data showed.more

Remote work, although it initially raised widespread concern, now appears as a new normalcy that many of us no longer want to give up. The just published report revealed that Poles are skeptical about returning to offices after the pandemic - 44 percent. of our countrymen declares that this perspective causes them stress and uncertainty.more

An enzyme in a sticky, pungent Japanese food made from fermented soybeans may prevent coronavirus infection, according to research led by the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT).more

Britain has reported another 31,795 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, according to official figures released Saturday.more

53 percent adult residents of the European Union were overweight in 2019, according to data published by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat). 17 percent Europeans struggled with obesity.more

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine could become the second shot okayed for adolescent use in the European Union after regulators on Friday recommended approving it for 12- to 17-year-olds.more