Boris Johnson is set to announce some huge changes to lockdown restrictions at a 5pm press conference today. Dozens of Covid rules are finally expected to lifted from May 17 following months of harsh rules. more
Although the contract with AstraZeneca is set to expire in June, the bloc isn't planning on placing any new orders, an official said. The remarks come after the EU launched legal proceedings over vaccine delivery delays.more
With the progress of the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 and the decline in epidemic rates, more European countries are loosening sanitary restrictions.more
In a letter posted on the website of their Archewell non-profit foundation, they praised supporters for their charity donations on Archie's birthday.more
Italy plans to lift quarantine restrictions for travellers arriving from European countries, Britain and Israel as early as mid-May in a bid to revive the tourism industry, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Saturday.more
German Health Minister Jens Spahn wants the interval between administration of the first and second doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine to be shortened from 12 weeks to four weeks. Experts indicate that this will probably affect the effectiveness of the preparation, informed the weekly "Der Spiegel".more
Dutch researchers have trained bees, which have an unusually keen sense of smell, to identify samples infected with COVID-19, a finding they said could cut waiting times for test results to just seconds.more
The benefits of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine to prevent Covid-19 outweigh the risk of side effects, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said, announcing the completion of verification of reports of abnormal blood clots with low platelet counts after using the preparation.more
The Open'er Festival, planned at the turn of June and July, will not be held this year in Gdynia. The event was moved to June 29-July 2, 2022 - the festival organizer, Alter Alt agency informed.more
The Danish footballer from the Swedish Rosengard FC was asked to leave the train from Copenhagen to Malmoe on her way to training. The policeman decided that she had no right to enter for sanitary reasons, and the certificate of employment in the club commented: "Football is not a job".more
Summer may be a nightmare due to the return of the pandemic, and the schedule of easing sanitary restrictions in France is dictated by political considerations and too optimistic - assessed the epidemiologist and head of the infectious diseases department at St. Anthony in Paris by Karine Lacombe.more
Portugal, Gibraltar and Israel are among 12 countries added to a green list of travel destinations from 17 May for people in England, the transport secretary has said. Anyone returning from those countries - deemed safest under a new traffic light system - will not have to quarantine. Covid tests will be required before and after travel.more
In Sweden, the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 exceeded one million yesterday. Research shows that almost a quarter of the country's over 10 million inhabitants have antibodies. According to the forecast, vaccinations will significantly reduce the epidemic in summer.more
Ryanair has teamed up with clinical diagnostic solutions firm Randox to deliver PCR tests for passengers at a reduced cost. Holidaymakers jetting off from May 17 will be required to take pre-and post-departure tests at their own expense, regardless of which colour their destination is categorised as under the "traffic light" system.more
Alcohol killed more people in 2020 in England and Wales than in any of the previous 20 years, official data shows. There were 7,423 deaths from alcohol misuse last year - a rise of 20% from 2019, the Office for National Statistics says.more
Health Minister Jens Spahn is pushing to lift the priority order for the AstraZeneca vaccine to allow all adults to apply for it across the country.
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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps will hold a Downing Street press conference at 5pm today. It comes as the government is expected to announce its green list of holiday destinations people from England will be able to visit without having to quarantine.more
At the end of summer, we will achieve herd immunity to Covid-19 in the European Union, said Antonio Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU Council.more
Located in the Kattegat, Laesoe is the first island in Denmark to achieve herd immunity soon by vaccinating all 1,500 inhabitants against Covid-19 at one time.more
The UK economy will enjoy its strongest growth in more than 70 years in 2021 as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions are lifted, according to the Bank of England.
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More than half of Spain's 17 autonomous communities have announced that they will ease the sanitary restrictions that have been in force since 25 October due to the epidemic threat that ends on Saturday night. Meanwhile, the country is experiencing a significant increase in the number of new coronavirus infections.more
