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Why are so many Serbian doctors dying of COVID-19?

Serbia’s total death toll from coronavirus is relatively low, around 3,600, but its rate of fatalities in the medical profession is far higher than in other nations.

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.

Real Economy

The EU scheme making 'SURE' unemployment stays low

In partnership with The European Commission

Government short-time work and furlough schemes across Europe have helped keep people in work and kept unemployment low during the pandemic. Now the EU has created the SURE initiative to provide financial support for these schemes in 18 EU countries.

World

From factory to arm, the logistics of rolling out the AstraZeneca jab

The pace of the UK's vaccine rollout was ramped up this week with the opening of seven new mass vaccination centres

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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.

United Kingdom

COVID-19: London mayor calls for face masks to be made compulsory

Khan has also called for places of worship to be immediately closed to stop the spread of the virus.

Euronews Debates

How to rebrand a country after a global pandemic

After a global pandemic that has had a devastating impact on countries which rely on foreign income from tourism, our experts discuss how they can rebound

USA

U.S. requires all arriving air passengers to show negative COVID t

The order does not take effect for two weeks.

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

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

Brazil

'We're super tired of this war': Life on Brazil's COVID-19 frontline

Euronews was given access to a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, the city with the highest per capita coronavirus death rate in the country.

World

Italy's health workers head to the front of the queue for COVID jabs

A young nurse explained that she had a few doubts about taking the jab but felt compelled to do so for the sake of the community and her role as a nurse.

USA

Eight gorillas at a U.S. zoo have tested positive for coronavirus

It is believed to be the first time the virus has been transmitted from humans to primates.

China

China expands lockdowns, cancels summit, amid new COVID-19 outbreak

World Health Organization scientists are due to arrive in China on Thursday to investigate the origins of the coronavirus.

Europe News

MEPs will see EU vaccine contract but calls for more transparency grow

MEPs will see details of the EU's deal with COVID-19 vaccine provider CureVac on Tuesday. But that hasn't stopped calls for Brussels to be more transparent on all its vaccine contracts.

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Seven COVID-19 vaccination centres open their doors in England

The UK, battling with a new strain of the virus, is racing to get around 14 million vulnerable people vaccinated by mid-February.

World News

Europe's space leaders seek to boost sector, starting in Brussels

Jan Wörner, Director-General of the European Space Agency, talks to Euronews about the challenges the space sector faces in 2021.

World

Private clinics start ordering COVID-19 jabs in Brazil

Brazil’s health ministry has yet to deliver details of its national vaccination plan. The central government has tasked state governors, research institutes, and private clinics with acquiring the jabs. Our International correspondent Anelise Borges is in Rio de Janeiro.

World News

Three-in-four had at least one COVID symptom six months on, says study

A Chinese study revealed that three-quarters of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 had at least one symptom six months on.

World

Angela Merkel says Germany is entering 'the most difficult phase'

Leaders across Europe are stepping up measures to control the spread of coronavirus as cases on the continent have reached an all-time high. They include instances of the new variant, first detected in the UK before Christmas. The WHO has called on European leaders to speed up their responses.