World Slovakia logs world's highest COVID death rate with hospitals strained "We have approximately 650 workers, 100 of them are currently on sick leave because of COVID and 70% of them are dealing with COVID-patients," hospital director Alexandra Pavlovičová said. 3 March 2021
World Long queues at French and UK ports as Brexit deadline looms Ports in France and the UK are gridlocked as businesses scramble to stock-up ahead of the Brexit deadline, while some British retailers have expressed concern they'll struggle to get products into stores. 11 December 2020