Now playing Next United Kingdom UK reports record 1,610 deaths from COVID-19 The UK recorded 1,610 deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday. 19/01/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom One in eight in England had had COVID-19 by December, new data shows According to the ONS, 12.7 per cent of the population in England would have tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies by the end of 2020. 19/01/2021
Now playing Next Germany Bavaria makes FFP2 masks mandatory in shops and public transport Starting next week, Austria will introduce a similar rule nationwide. 18/01/2021
Now playing Next World UK closes travel corridors and all passengers need negative COVID test All passengers will still be required to quarantine for up to 10 days on arrival but the isolation period can be cut short with a negative test after five days. 18/01/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom Eurostar is 'in peril' and needs UK government help, say British firms Services of the cross-Channel train have dropped to just one train a day between the British and French capitals amid tightened border controls. 18/01/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom International arrivals to England will have to quarantine for 10 days All international arrivals to England will have to quarantine for 10 days from Monday amid concerns over the spread of new COVID variants. 15/01/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom UK bans arrivals from South America, Portugal over new COVID variant Portugal's foreign minister called the UK’s decision “absurd” and “without logic” after arrivals from the country were included in a ban imposed due to a new variant of coronavirus found in Brazil. 15/01/2021
Now playing Next Europe News 'Really dramatic' spike in COVID-19 cases Ireland, warns PM In Ireland there are only 22 ICU beds available for use. Almost half of all the country's COVID-19 cases were reported in the last fortnight. 14/01/2021
Now playing Next France France extends 6pm-to-6am curfew to the whole of the country The curfew will come into force on Saturday and last for "at least" 15 days. 14/01/2021
Now playing Next France France to ramp up COVID testing in schools in a bid to stop UK variant "What we know to date is that the virus [variant] appears to be more contagious in children. That's what we're seeing in England," said France's health minister, Olivier Véran. 14/01/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom COVID-19 infection provides immunity for at least five months: study A new Public Health England study found that antibodies from a past COVID-19 infection provide 83% protection against reinfection for at least 5 months. 14/01/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom Britain's Prime Minister pledges vaccine campaign will run 24/7 The push to inoculate millions quickly comes as a more contagious variant of COVID-19 is sweeping across Britain and driving hospitals to their breaking points. 13/01/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom Coronavirus: Scotland's six new rules for a tighter lockdown Scotland announces a tightening of lockdown rules as th UK continues to struggle in the face of a new variant of COVID-19 that is more transmissible than others. 13/01/2021
Now playing Next World COVID in Europe: Vaccination delays, protests and harsher restrictions Leaders across Europe are buckling down to prevent a worsening of conditions caused by COVID-19. 13/01/2021
Now playing Next USA U.S. requires all arriving air passengers to show negative COVID t The order does not take effect for two weeks. 13/01/2021
Now playing Next Austria Austria suspects outbreak of new UK COVID-19 strain at ski resort "This is what happens when the cable car lobby rules and not common sense," added the opposition Social Democratic Party 12/01/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom UK records 1,243 daily COVID deaths as hospitalisations surge BREAKING: UK records 1,243 daily COVID deaths as coronavirus hospitalisations jump 22% in a week 12/01/2021