Category: Europe
European Coronavirus News
National coronavirus lockdown in Sweden from 13th December
The national restrictions in Sweden will, in the first instance, apply to the Christmas and New Year holidays. More...
Mutant coronavirus discovered in Siberia, Russia
A mutated version of the coronavirus strain that causes Covid-19 has been discovered in Siberia, the head of Russia’s consumer safety watchdog said Tuesday. More...
Hull’s school system on ‘brink of collapse’ as coronavirus infection rates spiral among students and staff
Almost 15,000 pupils and teachers currently absent as entire city is ‘ravaged’ by second Covid-19 wave far worse than first. More...
New COVID disaster unfolding in Italy: 731 deaths in one day.
There are 120 ICU admissions today and there are 731 deaths. More...
Sweden relied on ‘wishful thinking’ to handle coronavirus and got it wrong on herd immunity
Sweden was left unprepared for a second wave of coronavirus because of ‘wishful thinking’ by its top virus expert, his predecessor has said. More...
Coronavirus was circulating in Italy in September 2019
The new coronavirus was circulating in Italy since September 2019, a study by the National Cancer Institute (INT) of the Italian city of Milan shows, signalling that COVID-19 might have spread beyond China earlier than previously thought. More...
The coronavirus can mutate swiftly in one person’s body
The new coronavirus resurged again and again in the body of an infected man, eventually killing him while showing evidence of fast-paced evolution. More...
Healthy woman re-infected with coronavirus in Belgium
A healthy young woman who developed antibodies against the new coronavirus (Covid-19) after being infected in the first wave of the pandemic was reinfected in September, De Standaard newspaper reported on Saturday, based on a Belgian case study that is still to undergo a peer review. More...
Felixstowe port clogged up with 11,000 coronavirus PPE containers
11,000 shipping containers full of COVID PPE bought by the Government are stuck in Britain’s busiest container port. More...
Austria goes back into full coronavirus lockdown
Austria decides on a tough lockdown. Most of the shops and all schools are closing. More...