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Switzerland

'Very disappointed': WHO slams China over COVID inspection mission

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus's comments mark a rare critique of Beijing by the head of the World Health Organization.

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London and Edinburgh quiet after new COVID lockdowns announced

The fresh lockdowns are aimed at stemming a steep rise in COVID-19 cases, driven by a new variant of the disease.

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.

United Kingdom

Schools closed and exams scrapped as England enters third lockdown

In the first lockdown schools and colleges were given little more than 48 hours to set up remote education. This time they are much better prepared, according to the Association of School and College Leaders.

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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

Alastair Campbell slams UK government for mixed messaging over COVID

Government responses to the pandemic have been very different across Europe and the UK's has been driven by populism, according to political strategist and author Alastair Campbell.

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.

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.

France

French government heavily criticised over slow vaccination rollout

France has vaccinated just 516 people compared to thousands in other EU countries.

United Kingdom

Scotland announces another nationwide lockdown beginning at midnight

The lockdown is the first of 2021 for Scotland as it and the wider UK struggles to control the new variant of COVID-19.

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Czechs wave empty beer mugs in COVID-19 lockdown protest

The demonstrators, many of whom work in the hospitality industry, lit candles inside beer glasses and set them in a line stretching about a kilometre (0.62 miles) from the city centre to government buildings.

United Kingdom

UK inoculates first patient with Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

The UK began distributing the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Monday after becoming the first country to authorise it.

World News

COVID-19: Which European country has the fastest vaccine roll out?

Israel and the UK are the countries that have administered the most vaccine doses to date while France and the Netherlands are among the slowest countries.

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.

Italy

Migrants and older residents come together in Italy's 'COVID red zone'

In the Tuscan coastal city of Livorno, a social project matches young migrants with elderly residents in need of help or companionship.

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.