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UK hotel quarantine for arrivals from 'red list' countries begins

Arrivals to England from 33 countries, including Portugal, now have to self-isolate for 10 days in a hotel they have pre-booked, at a cost of around €2,000.

World News

No new community cases found in New Zealand since lockdown

There's hope that the restrictions in New Zealand might be short-lived as officials said they had found no new cases.

United Kingdom

15m in the UK have had their first COVID jab - how about wider Europe?

The British government says the majority of the top four most vulnerable groups have had or been offered a first dose. But other European countries are doing better in terms of full vaccinations.

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Rio's 'bate-bolas' stage small parade despite cancelled carnival

The world-famous Brazilian festival is not happening this year amid the pandemic, but some still dressed up in their exuberant, hand-made costumes for a symbolic celebration.

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Catalonia polls open under strict rules to keep voters safe from COVID

There are 5.3 million people invited to take part in the regional election today - although turnout may be affected by COVID.

Germany

Germany tightens border controls over fears of COVID-19 variants

With some exceptions, Germany's border with the Czech Republic is closed along with the frontier with Austria's Tyrol province.

New Zealand

COVID-19: New Zealand's largest city to go into three-day lockdown

This will be the first lockdown in six months for New Zealand, which had stamped out community transmission of the virus.

World News

Lockdown love: How has the world been dating during COVID pandemic?

With the places where people would usually meet or get together closed, singles were forced to reassess dating during the pandemic. Europeans and those from further afield told Euronews their different tales of love during the pandemic.

My Europe Series

Could COVID-19 help oust pro-independence parties in Catalonia?

Optimism, a political calculation or democratic necessity?

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Sambistas perform to open Rio's would-be carnival season

The symbolic performance marked what would have opened Rio's carnival season - a series of events that has been scrapped due to the pandemic.

United Kingdom

Oxford/AstraZeneca to begin COVID vaccine trials on children

Pfizer and Moderna began trialling their vaccines on children as young as 12 last year, while AstraZeneca will be expanding the age group further.

China

Happy Lunar New Year: Welcome the Year of the Ox!

It's one of the globe’s biggest annual celebrations with approximately one-fifth of humanity taking part in the festivities. Though the pandemic has closed temples and severely limited travel and family gatherings, many traditional celebrations ARE going ahead across Asia and beyond.

World News

Europe's air passenger numbers 'at lowest level since 1995' last year

Passenger traffic in European airports has fallen by 70.4% in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, regressing to its 1995 level, according to ACI Europe.

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Car-nival season in Germany as revellers confined to their vehicles

Each car was allowed to hold a maximum of three persons from two different households and the fans were asked to stay inside their cars for the entire concerts.

World News

Nurses in poorer countries 'left behind' in COVID-19 vaccination race

On the frontlines, but at the back of the queue: health workers are still waiting for vaccines in most low-and-middle-income countries.

France

French authorities back single jab for people who have had COVID-19

France's High Authority for Health said that as people who have previously contracted COVID-19 retain "an immune memory", a single dose of vaccine "will thus act as a booster."

Czech Republic

Czech MPs refuse to extend pandemic-related state of emergency

Government ministers have warned the move will further worsen the country's COVID-19 situation and might cause the struggling health system to collapse.

My Europe Series

How poorer countries on the EU's fringes are still without vaccines

Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and the Republic of North Macedonia are among the countries still empty-handed.

Hungary

Hungary becomes first EU country to deploy Russia's COVID-19 vaccine

It becomes the first EU country to use the Sputnik V jab after European officials said no application had been received for a rollout across the bloc

United Kingdom

Worst year on record for cancer diagnosis in the UK

Factors mostly involving the pandemic saw patients too worried to seek treatment, while struggling healthcare services forced further delays and cancellations.