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UK live music industry calls for help to save summer festival season

Because of the uncertainty caused by COVID-19, UK festival organisers say they need government insurance support to save summer events such as Glastonbury.

France

France's bars and ski resorts fear extension of COVID-19 restrictions

Bars and restaurants in France had hoped to open again from January 20 but there are fears COVID-19 restrictions will now be extended.

United Kingdom

UK registers more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in latest 24-hour period

BREAKING: UK registers more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in latest 24-hour period

Europe News

EU's health chief defends COVID vaccine rollout after criticism

"This is not about a blame game," said EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides. "This is about fighting the pandemic."

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World News

EU medicines agency recommends authorising Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

The EU's medicines regulator recommended authorising a second coronavirus vaccine in the bloc.

World News

Grammy Awards delayed to March due to COVID-19 pandemic conditions

The 2021 Grammy Awards will no longer take place this month in Los Angeles and will broadcast in March due to a recent surge in coronavirus cases and deaths.

Germany

Germany extends coronavirus lockdown for three more weeks

Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was “absolutely necessary” to maintain restrictions.

United Kingdom

One in 50 in England had COVID last week, new figures show

Surging cases of the virus and a heavy burden on health services require extremely strict social distancing, the UK's chief medical officers have advised.

Germany

Germany extends and tightens lockdown restrictions to January 31

At least 944 deaths were reported on Tuesday, taking Germany's official coronavirus death toll to 35,518.

United Kingdom

The UK is struggling badly against COVID-19 — here's why and how

The four nations of the UK are up against a fast-spreading variant of COVID-19, which appears to reached all areas of the nation. Its strategy now relies mostly on the vaccine.

World News

Germany and the Netherlands consider delaying second vaccine dose

The UK has already decided to delay the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine so more people can get the first jab.

World News

COVID-19: What is viral load and does it affect how sick patients get?

Is it as cut and dry as the more viral particles a person is exposed to when they are infected with COVID-19, the worse they will feel? Euronews breaks it down.

Sweden

Anger after Swedish official breaks his own agency's COVID guidelines

Is Dan Eliasson Sweden's answer to Dominic Cummings?

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson announces new national lockdown for England

All primary and secondary schools have been ordered to close and people told to stay at home.

Spain

Spain in post-Brexit red tape row after UK residents denied entry

Several UK residents in Spain complained of being barred from flying to Madrid and Barcelona amid pandemic restrictions and confusion over post-Brexit documentation.

United Kingdom

UK opens 20 COVID-19 testing sites for France-bound hauliers

Thousands of hauliers were stranded in the UK last week after France demanded they show a negative #COVID19 test before crossing the border following the discovery of a new, highly-transmissible variant of the virus.

United Kingdom

Coronavirus: Demands for school closures in England as cases soar

A leading teachers union is calling for all primary and secondary schools to remain closed in England for two weeks because of rising coronavirus cases.

World News

COVID-19: Greece back under lockdown, France sets earlier curfew

A strict one-week lockdown is being introduced in Greece while an earlier nighttime curfew is coming into force in France on Saturday, impacting 6 million people.

World News

EU's COVID-19 vaccine rollout suffering shortages and delays

The shortage is being partly blamed on the fact that the European Medicines Agency is yet to approve the Moderna and Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccines.

United Kingdom

UK posts fourth successive day of COVID-19 cases above 50,000

The figures came as the UK changed its vaccinate rollout strategy to ensure more people receive a first dose earlier.