Category: Europe
European Coronavirus News
Norway – 800 in quarantine after B.1.1.7 coronavirus outbreak at fitness centre
Harstad Municipality in Norway is introducing stricter measures and putting around 800 people in quarantine after a coronavirus outbreak at the fitness center Family Sports Club in Seljestad. More...
Number of Swedish coronavirus ICU patients has increased sharply in last 2 days in Sweden
A total of 240 covid-19 patients are in intensive care wards around the country, compared to only 197 ten days ago. More...
Coronavirus variant circulating in Brescia, Italy since August 2020 has 501 and 493 mutation. Possible B.1.1.7 precursor.
“A variant of coronavirus circulating in Italy since early August 2020 is “very similar to the infamous English variant [B.1.1.7]”. More...
UK alert issued after Brazil P1 Manaus variant was found in a coronavirus test without a name on it
UK health officials want anyone who took a test on February 12 or 13 and has not yet had their result or did not complete their registration card to get in touch immediately. More...
Oslo, Norway: new coronavirus lockdown closes restaurants, non-essential shops & secondary schools
In Oslo, all restaurants, except take-away services, and non-essential shops, except groceries, pharmacies and liquor stores, will have to close from Tuesday, while the “red” level is imposed at upper secondary schools, meaning that students, who were fully back at school, will now do some online learning. More...
Imperial College study: 2% of babies born to coronavirus positive UK mothers later test positive for the virus themselves
The proportion of babies born to mothers with confirmed COVID-19, and who subsequently tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus (which causes COVID-19) was 2 per cent in the UK study, and 1.8 per cent in the US study. More...
Six cases of Manaus, Brazil P1 coronavirus variant found in UK for first time
Six cases of the Manaus Brazilian coronavirus variant have been identified in the UK, Public Health England has said. More...
Finland announces three-week coronavirus lockdown effective March 8th 2021
Restaurants and bars will be closed from 8 to 28 March in regions with an unfavorable epidemiological situation. More...
Coronavirus was already spreading in France in late December 2019
RT-PCR was performed retrospectively on the stored respiratory sample [from December 2019] and confirmed the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. More...
Italy: Schools to be closed in red zones or in areas with a high coronavirus incidence of cases
Schools towards closure in the red areas and in the territories where there are high thresholds of contagion, regardless of the colors. More...