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The Indian Coronavirus Variant Could Be Up To 50% more contagious than the currently dominant British variant, and could become the dominant one in the future, British scientists believe.more

The Spanish authorities have started work on launching a vaccine passport, on the basis of which people vaccinated against Covid-19 could move freely during the pandemic between selected countries of the world, said Maria Reyes Maroto, responsible for the department of industry, trade and tourism.more

The third stage of lifting restrictions in England scheduled for Monday is not changing, but the Indian variant of the coronavirus poses a threat to the next stage, which is set to start on June 21, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted yesterday.more

From Sunday, in Italy, there will be no requirement of a 5-day quarantine for people coming from other European Union countries, the Schengen area, as well as from Great Britain and Israel. The ordinance in this matter was signed on Friday by Health Minister Roberto Speranza.more

18 percent cases of adverse body reactions following vaccination against COVID-19 should be considered serious as they force the patient to go into hospital, according to a study published by the Spanish Medicines Agency (Aemps) in Madrid. However, the institution points out that adverse reactions after receiving the vaccine are very rare.more

Half of Canada's provinces and territories have withdrawn from AstraZeneca. So far, about half of Canadians have been vaccinated at least once with various preparations.more

New artwork for the London Underground station Piccadilly Circus, created by David Hockney, has been mocked on social media.more

Second vaccine doses could be brought forward and local restrictions introduced to help tackle the Indian variant in the worst-affected areas, the UK government has said.more

President Joe Biden welcomed the lifting by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the requirement for fully vaccinated people to wear face masks. He called it "America's big day."more

The coronavirus pandemic had sent large parts of the world into lockdown, shuttering businesses, costing tens of millions of workers their jobs and putting the housing market into a deep freeze. The number of people asking lenders for more time on their mortgage payments surged as the global recession hit.more

According to the decision of the Polish government, from tomorrow open-air gardens in restaurants will be allowed. More Poles will also be able to travel by public transport, such as trains, buses and trams.more

After the government lifted the recommendation to refrain from holiday travel in connection with Covid-19, residents of the Netherlands are booking summer trips en masse, including foreign ones. Some travel portals have even recorded a fivefold increase in the number of trips sold.more

All adults in the US state of Ohio who have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine will be able to enter the lottery, and the prize will be one million dollars. The campaign is to encourage vaccinations, with a total of five million dollar prizes.more

Soaring cases of the COVID Indian variant have forced the government to consider bringing forward vaccine second doses in some areas. The moves came after fresh data showed that variant infections had more than doubled in the past week.more

GPs in France report that more and more people in the country are refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19 with AstraZeneca. Patients cancel their visits demanding access to mRNA vaccines.more

Today Greece is inaugurating the tourist season. Most beaches will open in Italy this weekend. Water parks will start operating again in Portugal. Tests are still needed to travel in Europe, but many countries, incl. Croatia, Greece, Cyprus and Montenegro do not require them from vaccinated tourists.more

People taking two doses of different Covid-19 vaccines are more likely to develop mild to moderate side effects after the second dose, according to preliminary results from a study by researchers at the University of Oxford.more

The UK is "anxious" about the Indian COVID variant and the government is "ruling nothing out" when it comes to tackling its spread, the prime minister has said.more

Covid has left a toxic legacy for the NHS, with hospitals facing a huge backlog, putting lives at risk, patient groups and staff are warning.more

Boris Johnson has come under fire from experts and bereaved families for delaying until spring 2022 the newly announced public inquiry into the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemicmore

With the coronavirus raging in Istanbul, European football's governing body UEFA has announced that it is moving the Champions League final to Portugal for the second year running. more

Norway will not resume use of the COVID-19 vaccine made by AstraZeneca, and a decision on whether to include Johnson & Johnson shots in its mass inoculation scheme remains on hold, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Wednesday.more

The dramatic rise in UK cases of a variant first discovered in India could undermine the country’s roadmap for reopening, scientists are cautioning.more

Around 90 percent of those who received the vaccine developed by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. were found to have antibodies against the various COVID-19 variants detected in Japan, a university study showed Wednesday.more

Hundreds of Poles living in Germany every day come back to Poland to get vaccinated against the coronavirus - reported "Deutsche Welle". The point is that in Poland they can get vaccinated much faster than in Germany. Poles usually choose points near the border.more