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Scotland will go to the lowest, zero level of covid restrictions on July 19, but this will be slightly modified, and the obligation to cover the face in some situations will remain for a while, announced the head of the local government, Nicola Sturgeon.more

Boris Johnson's decision to press ahead with easing coronavirus restrictions in England is "irresponsible", senior doctors have said - although a government minister has admitted COVID rules could return this winter.more

The UK has reported 36,660 new COVID-19 cases and 50 more coronavirus-related deaths in the latest 24-hour period, government data shows. The figures compare with 34,471 infections and six deaths reported yesterday, and 28,773 cases and 37 fatalities announced this time last week.more

The 90-year-old Belgian resident is the first identified person to be diagnosed with simultaneous infection with two variants of the coronavirus: British (Alpha) and South African (Beta), according to the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID).more

Polish employers are looking for ways to encourage employees to vaccinate against COVID-19. Some people want to take bonuses from people who are not vaccinating. However, experts cited by Prawo.pl warn against such a solution. They talk about discrimination and suggest reaching for rewards.more

The new wave of the Covid-19 epidemic from the spread of the Delta variant threatens with hundreds of thousands of cases of "long Covid", a syndrome that lasts many months after infection, with conditions such as fatigue, sleep problems and concentration problems, warns The Guardian.more

Fearing new restrictions on unvaccinated people, announced by President Emmanuel Macron, nearly 1 million people have signed up for vaccination against Covid-19.more

The Food and Drug Administration intends to add Guilliain-Barry Syndrome (GBS), a rare autoimmune disease, to the list of warnings associated with vaccination with Johnson & Johnson, the Washington Post reported. So far, about 100 cases of the disease have been reported among 12.8 million vaccinated persons.more

Due to the spread of the Delta variant of the coronovirus, Israel began giving a booster third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to immunocompromised adults. A booster dose has also been approved by the authorities of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Thailand.more

Three out of ten CBOS respondents who took at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine said they had some side effects. The most common ones were: increased temperature and pain at the injection site, pain in the hand or arm.more

Sweden's government said on Monday it will move ahead with a planned easing of pandemic restrictions this week but warned that new variants of the virus demanded vigilance as it urged people to adhere to social distancing recommendations.more

Nearly all Covid-19 lockdown restrictions will be scrapped in England on July 19, the prime minister has confirmed as he warned "this pandemic is not over". Social distancing and legal limits on gatherings will end but the use of domestic vaccine passports and face masks will be encouraged.more

For Ugur Sahin, vaccination is “individual responsibility”. And to advocate an approach based on transparency and education rather than obligation.more

Domestic abuse is estimated to have risen by around 38% last night, after England lost the Euro 2020 final to Italy at Wembley Stadium.more

Nearly three-quarters of Poles expect the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, which will begin in autumn, according to the IBRiS survey for the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita".more

The crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas cheered against COVID-19 vaccinations, drawing concern from Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert.more

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to confirm later the plan to lift almost all legal restrictions on social contact in England on 19 July.more

Rapid Dose Therapeutics has announced that it is testing a vaccine that resembles breath freshening leaves from one of the popular cosmetic brands. The vaccine is supposed to dissolve in the mouth in 11 seconds.more

We are halfway to achieving population resistance - said the former head of GIS, Dr. Andrzej Trybusz, MD, in an interview with PAP. The expert noted that immunity after COVID-19 infection is less stable than after vaccination.more

Delta, the most contagious variant of the coronavirus to date, is present in nearly one hundred countries around the world and is a serious threat to Europe. Scientists warn that the unvaccinated and partially vaccinated people are at greatest risk.more

At least 20 Belgian youngsters who this week became infected with the coronavirus have flown back to Belgium, although it was already known in Spain that they tested positivemore

People should continue using the NHS Covid contact tracing app in England and Wales and isolate when asked to do so, Downing Street has said. more

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rejected suggestions that one day his country's population will be 100 percent vaccinated. "No country will reach 100 percent. We cannot fully eliminate the coronavirus, that is a myth," he stressed.more

British xxperts are almost evenly split on whether to administer coronavirus vaccinations to teenagers as alarm mounts on the continent about a possible fourth wave of infections. more

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced a number of measures Friday to curb a rapid spike in coronavirus infections in the country, including closing discos and nightclubs and curbing restaurant hours.more