Covid-19 News

Germany registers high number of COVID-19 cases ahead of planned relaxation measures

BRUSSELS (Brussels  Morning) - From March 17 onwards, the obligation to test or quarantine will be lifted after high-risk contact ...

Nearly a quarter of care providers in Brussels are still not vaccinated against Covid-19. This is evident from the most ...

Federal Minister of Health Frank Vandenbroucke, is preparing an emergency plan with different phases.

The French Government has defended President Emmanuel Macron’s statement on his plans for boosting vaccination rates in the country, in ...

Brussels (Brussels Morning) After the holiday season, the European Commission is set to resume activities. This week, the EU executive ...

Brussels (Brussels Morning) The European Commission approved a second COVID-19 vaccine yesterday with an expected bloc-wide rollout to commence next ...

New York (Brussels Morning) As the Covid-19 pandemic now enters its second year, it is useful to assess its global impact. ...

Brussels (Brussels Morning) The EU High Representative Josep Borell accused Russian public media on Monday of spreading false information about ...

UK braces for wave of Omicron infections

Brussels (Brussels Morning) Spain’s Minister of Health Salvador Illa says the EU will emerge as "a stronger union" from the ...

Brussels (Brussels Morning) The drastically increased use of hand sanitizer due to the corona crisis has led to sub-standard products ...

Brussels (Brussels Morning) The European Parliament is set to meet, debate and vote this week on a range of issues, ...

Brussels (Brussels Morning) Marketing approval for COVID-19 vaccines in the EU will be granted by 29 December for Pfizer and BioNTech, and 1 ...

Brussels (Brussels Morning) EU member states have drawn up an action plan tackling the impact of COVID-19 on human rights ...

Brussels (Brussels Morning) Doctors in Hungary warn that lack of medical staff trained to treat COVID-19 patients in intensive care ...

New York (Brussels Morning) One of the notable aspects of the Trump presidency is that while Donald Trump has dominated the ...

Brussels (Brussels Morning) COVID-19 restrictions in the past six months have given some welcome breathing space and a temporary respite ...

London (Brussels Morning) American pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc., and German biotechnology firm BioNTech SE, have developed a vaccine that is ...

London (Brussels Morning) Britain's human rights watchdog has today launched an inquiry into racial disparities in health and social care ...

London (Brussels Morning) Hopes of a successful vaccine to help combat the coronavirus have been raised as the University of ...

Brussels (Brussels Morning) As the economic havoc brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disproportionally affect young people, EU ...

Lockdowns and restrictions have sparked a surge in domestic violence affecting women in particular. This ”shadow pandemic” occurs as the ...

London (Brussels Morning) The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Britain can afford to increase its ...

London (Brussels Morning) Kate Bingham, head of the Vaccine Taskforce in the UK, said Wednesday that a vaccine could be ...

London (Brussels Morning) Less than half of the UK's population trust media outlets as a source of information on COVID-19, ...

London (Brussels Morning) A study by Imperial College London has shown that antibodies that help the human immune system decline ...

EU leaders in videoconference Brussels (Brussels Morning) President Charles Michel has called an informal EU leaders' video conference on Thursday ...

London (Brussels Morning) Departures at Heathrow will start testing passengers for COVID-19 for those wishing to pay for a test ...

Brussels — (Brussels Morning) Today EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides and Vice President Margaritis Schinas unveiled the European Commission’s long-awaited ...

(Washington - Brussels Morning) Bernard Kirchner serves as Ambassador for the Foretell, a crowdsourced forecasting project on AI and the ...

Delivery of testing material for COVID-19, diabetes, cancer and other conditions will face delays due to an NHS supplier's logistical ...

The UK chancellor Rishi Sunak has vowed to "always balance the books" amid increased spending to curb the fallout of ...

The French government has imposed severe restrictions in Paris as a response to rising numbers of newly confirmed coronavirus infections. ...

A new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has said that around one million people in Scotland had impoverished "precarious ...

Public Health England (PHE) has come under fire for a "technical issue", which meant almost 16,000 cases of COVID-19 were ...

Reports suggest testing in care homes will take a backseat while NHS testing is prioritised, although it is broaching capacity. ...

According to a University College London study, loss of smell or taste may be a better indicator of having COVID-19 ...

London, 2 Oct – A Scottish MP is coming under increasing pressure to resign after it emerged she travelled to ...

Ministers are considering plans for a social lockdown in many parts of the UK to avoid a 'second wave' if ...

After the launch of the COVID-19 tracing app Thursday, over a million people downloaded it in England and Wales, although ...

National restrictions have been introduced in the UK to help curb exponentially rising coronavirus cases, announced by Prime Minister Boris ...

Vaccines: Commission secures second deal As the race for a vaccine mounts, the European Commission announced an official agreement with ...

At a snap pandemic briefing Monday, the UK government's chief scientists warned that the current virus transmission rate could lead ...

Italy has decided to reopen schools after a six-months closure, the longest shutdown of its kind in Europe, Reuters  reported ...

EU Heads of Government will meet again in Brussels on 24 and 25 September. The EU-wide recovery package to counter ...

Wednesday 10 September marked National Day in Gibraltar, with leaders addressing residents of the Rock in a more subdued celebration ...