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A sizeable minority of people in the UK would be happy for Covid restrictions including a 10pm curfew to be in place indefinitely, new polling suggests.more

Britain reported on Friday 35,707 new COVID-19 cases and 29 deaths within 28 days of a positive test, government data showed.more

Pfizer is about to seek U.S. authorization for a third dose of its Covid-19 vaccine, saying Thursday that another shot within 12 months could dramatically boost immunity and maybe help ward off the latest worrisome coronavirus mutant.more

While cigarette smoke is known to increase the risk of lung disease and Covid-19 infection, a new study on mice showed similar effects with exposure to e-cigarette vapour, particularly when nicotine is present in the vapour.more

The risk of severe illness or death from Covid-19 is "extremely low" in children and young people, as new research reveals that just 25 under-18s in England have died from the virus in a one year period.more

Israeli courts have ruled that minor children cannot be stopped from getting vaccinated against COVID-19 even if one of their parents objects. more

England's Euro 2020 progress could be behind infections rising faster among men than women in the past two weeks, Imperial College London data suggests.more

Faced with an outbreak of coronavirus cases, especially among the youngest, the autonomous regions are tightening the screw to slow the resurgence of the epidemic. In Catalonia, in particular, the discotheques will close again for two weeks from Friday July 9th.more

Following an increase in coronavirus infections among young Dutch people, some nightclubs and discos in the Netherlands are closing again. Owners are concerned about contamination among staff.more

The UK hit a Covid milestone on Thursday, surpassing five million cases of the virus since the pandemic began, as officials reported a new single-day increase of 32,551 infections, along with a further 35 fatalities.more

Staff in shops could face an increase in abuse and violence in stores once restrictions are eased, according to the boss of the retail industry’s trade body.more

More than 100 scientists and doctors have signed a letter accusing the government of conducting a ‘dangerous and unethical experiment’ by scraping all Covid restrictions in two weeks.more

So far, over 30.7 million vaccinations against COVID-19 have been carried out in Poland. More than 14.5 million people are fully vaccinated, government websites said.more

French government spokesman Gabiel Attal said the highly infectious Delta Coronavirus variant already accounts for 40 percent of new infections in the country and that the fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic could ruin summer vacations.more

Summer holidays are finally set for take-off as the government allows fully vaccinated travellers to avoid quarantine rules from later this month.more

The UK has reported more than 32,500 new cases of Covid, a significant jump from previous days and the first time cases have been over 30,000 since January.more

Around nine in 10 adults in most parts of the UK are now likely to have Covid-19 antibodies, new figures suggest. The estimates range from 87.2% in Northern Ireland to 89.8% in England and 91.8% in Wales. In Scotland the estimate is lower and is closer to eight in 10 adults, or 84.7%.more

Worldwide, 3.2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have already been administered in 190 countries, most of them in China, India and the USA, according to Our World in Data website.more

Fully vaccinated people in England will not have to self-isolate if a close contact tests positive for Covid from 16 August, the health secretary says. more

The coronavirus epidemiological curve is still rising fast among young people in Spain, and the country’s regions are accelerating the implementation of new measures to contain the infections among adolescents and the 20-30 group.more

Another 28,773 coronavirus cases and 37 deaths within 28 days of a positive test have been reported on Tuesday. This compares to 27,334 cases and nine deaths reported yesterday, and 20,479 COVID cases and 23 deaths last Tuesday.more

Vaccinated quarantine is not needed, even if they have been exposed to the Delta variant. The vaccines that we have in Poland are fully effective, said the spokesman of the Polish Ministry of Health, Wojciech Andrusiewicz. So far, 113 cases of the Delta variant have been reported in Poland.more

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan is offering Londoners a golden opportunity to watch the EURO 2020 final in the heart of central London at the Trafalgar Square Fan Zone - if they get their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine or make an appointment for their first jab by Thursday this week.more

The decision of the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to lift the order to wear masks in closed public spaces with the transition to the final stage of recovery from the lockdown in England was highly controversial.more

Stopping the transmission of the coronavirus may fail if adolescents between 12 and 15 years of age are not vaccinated in addition to adults, Irish experts say. However, vaccinating such a large population can be difficult.more