USA

Coronavirus: US reports first case of new COVID-19 variant in Colorado

The man, in his 20s, is currently in isolation in Denver. Authorities say he has no travel history.

30 December 2020

USA

Vote over Trump's call to increase COVID-19 relief checks is blocked

The US president said relief checks for millions of Americans should be increased - but Republicans blocked such a vote in the Senate.

30 December 2020

USA

Biden criticises pace of US coronavirus vaccine rollout

US President-elect Joe Biden said that at the current pace, it would take years to vaccinate Americans.

29 December 2020

World News

UK adds a record more than 50,000 daily COVID-19 cases

The record number, though due in part to a backlog from the holidays, was a "reflection of a real increase" in the country, an expert at Public Health England said.

29 December 2020

Europe

Drivers stranded in Dover at Xmas suffered ordeal 'worse than prison'

Local volunteers from Britain's Polish community tried to help the drivers who were stuck in a traffic jam in Dover for Christmas.

29 December 2020

Germany

Patients in Germany 'infected with UK COVID-19 variant in November'

The new mutated version of the virus was found in samples from a now-deceased older patient and his wife taken on November 27th and 30th

29 December 2020

Poland

Poland clamps down on New Year's celebrations with new COVID-19 rules

New restrictions brought in by the Polish government are in place for three weeks, and they include a ban on moving around on New Year's Eve.

29 December 2020

Russia

Russia admits COVID-19 death toll is more than triple official numbers

Official figures from the Russian health authority say 55,265 people have died from COVID-19; however, the statistics agency has said this figure is more than three times higher.

29 December 2020

Spain

Spain to keep registry of citizens who refuse a coronavirus vaccine

The registry, which will be shared with the EU, will not be made public and will be "done with the utmost respect for data protection," the country's health minister said.

29 December 2020

United Kingdom

Coronavirus cases at Manchester City see game at Everton called off

A growing coronavirus outbreak at Manchester City led to the postponement of Monday's Premier League match at Everton and forced the team to close its training ground.

28 December 2020

Italy

Florence revives Renaissance-era 'food-holes' in bid to curb COVID-19

They were built centuries ago to serve food and wine safely during the plague. Now, amid COVID-19, they are being put to use again.

28 December 2020

Germany

German passengers sue government over €94m repatriation bill

Repatriate flights from the Canary Islands and North Africa were costed at €200. Fares from Southern Africa and the Caribbean were set at €500 and returnees from South America and Asia had to pay €600 to return home. More than 60 lawsuits have been lodged.

28 December 2020

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Italy puts medical workers at the front of the queue for COVID vaccine

It is part of Italy's policy of vaccinating medical staff before anyone else.

28 December 2020

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'A gift of life': Cyprus' president has COVID vaccine live on TV

It comes after Cyprus began its COVID vaccine programme on Sunday.

28 December 2020

World

Ski resorts reopen in Austria despite third national lockdown

More than 400 Austrian ski stations have been allowed to reopen just before the country entered another nationwide coronavirus lockdown. Earlier this year, tourists in the alpine party town of Ischgl spread COVID across Europe after the resort failed to lock down quickly enough.

28 December 2020

World News

A mammoth task: EU rolls out COVID-19 vaccine

EU member states face logistical challenges and vaccine scepticism as they embark on a coordinated campaign to immunise their populations.

28 December 2020

Switzerland

Hundreds of Britons flee COVID-19 quarantine at Swiss ski resort

The tourists were told to isolate as a result of the new COVID-19 variant being spread around the world - but half decided to leave "under the cover of darkness".

28 December 2020

China

China jails citizen journalist for reports on Wuhan COVID-19 lockdown

Zhang Zhan's broadcasts from inside the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak were widely shared on social media before she was arrested in May.

28 December 2020

World News

Megafire, pandemic, unbolting: Here are some of 2020's most used words

The biggest news events of the year have led to words we barely even uttered before now being used on a near-daily basis.

28 December 2020

Earth News

Euroviews. ‘We either have to win or fail trying’: The climate activists of 2020

Sam Knights speaks to the biggest environmental activists of 2020 on what we have learned from the global pandemic.

28 December 2020