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Boris Johnson is set to miss his own target to announce plans for the rollback of social distancing rules by the end of this month.more

Government advice has emerged urging people not to travel into and out of areas hardest hit by the Indian coronavirus variant, unless necessary.more

For the first time this year, Sweden's rate of coronavirus cases has topped European Union figures but associated deaths are among the lowest. The country had a 14-day-notification rate of 577 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. more

25 percent Poles surveyed do not intend to vaccinate against COVID-19. More than every third (36%) respondent has already been vaccinated, while 33%. is still going to be vaccinated - according to the CBOS poll.more

The “pandemic is over” if new Covid-19 variants are not sending more people to hospital, a vaccines expert says – but he urged the government to wait “a few more weeks” to know for certain. more

Scientists have discovered a new canine coronavirus in a child who was hospitalized with pneumonia in Malaysia in 2018. If the virus is confirmed to be a human pathogen, it would be the eighth coronavirus, and the first canine coronavirus, known to cause disease in humans.more

Restaurant group Hawksmoor is offering bonuses of up to £2,000 to workers who recommend friends for jobs in a bid to fill staffing shortages.more

It’s been a week since it became legal to stay over at someone else’s house, which means casual sex is back on the cards.more

More ways of supporting people to self-isolate in areas with higher coronavirus infection rates are to be piloted in nine parts of England.more

The French city of Bordeaux will fast-track vaccinations for residents in one neighbourhood after nearly 50 people tested positive for a "very rare" variant of COVID-19, health authorities told AFP on Friday.more

Singapore authorities have provisionally approved a COVID-19 breathalyser test that aims to show whether someone is infected with the coronavirus in under a minute, according to the local startup that developed the product.more

More and more vaccination points are resigning from ordering AstraZeneka because there are no people willing to do so. Until the end of June, there are over a million free dates for vaccination against COVID-19 with this preparation - today's Gazeta Wyborcza reports.more

According to the virologist Fabrizio Pregliasco herd immunity “we will never reach it". He explained that this is impossible because Covid-19 will become an endemic disease, which means that it will last for many years and it is only possible to reduce its spread.more

The Pfizer and AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines are highly effective against the variant identified in India after two doses, a study has found.more

Covid certification in the European Union will be a great convenience facilitating travel, and above all, it will increase safety - assessed the geneticist and biologist Prof. Marek Sanak from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.more

More than 1.3 million people have registered with the NHS app since it was announced users will be able to show if they have received the Covid-19 vaccine. more

People who catch the Covid-19 virus will retain antibodies for up to 13 months after infection and be 96.7% less likely to be reinfected, a new study supported by Strasbourg University Hospitals has found.more

Covid-19 vaccines are transparent. It is known how they are constructed, how they work and, contrary to popular belief, they were not created within a year - assessed the geneticist and biologist prof. Marek Sanak from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.more

The German health institute of Robert Koch yesterday named Britain a "zone for mutating coronavirus variants". As a result, all travelers arriving from the UK to Germany will be subject to a two-week quarantine period from tomorrow.more

Leaders of the G20 committed to a series of actions to accelerate the end of the COVID-19 crisis everywhere and better prepare for future pandemics, at a summit co-hosted by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, as G20 chair.more

Following an agreement between the negotiators of the EU Council and the European Parliament, the European Commission has ensured that "EU digital Covid certificates" will generally be available to citizens from 1 July.more

A German doctor says he has developed his own vaccine against the coronavirus, but has not yet obtained approval for its use. Nevertheless, some clinics have already started vaccinating with this preparation, and the demand is growing. The prosecutor's office and the police initiated an investigation into this matter.more

Spain holidays will go ahead for Britons as of Monday, despite new and confusing warnings from the UK Government not to travel to "amber countries".more

The ‘one-metre plus’ social distancing rule is still set to be ditched next month, despite fears over the Indian coronavirus variant.more

Britain could already be at the start of a third wave of coronavirus infections, a scientific adviser to the Government has warned. Professor Andrew Hayward, a professor from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said he was ‘very concerned’ about the Indian variant’s ability to spread so quickly. more