Category: Europe
European Coronavirus News
Denmark to cull 15 million mink to prevent a coronavirus mutation
Denmark will cull all 15 million mink bred in its territory due to a Covid-19 mutation already passed on to 12 people, which threatens the effectiveness of a future vaccine for humans. More...
Coronavirus strain from Catalonia, Spain has spread through much of Europe
A coronavirus strain that presumably originated among farm workers in Catalonia and the neighboring region of Aragon last summer has spread through much of Europe and now accounts for a large share of new cases, a study has found. More...
Mass exodus of UK students is expected as Covid lockdown starts
Students in cities across England could begin a mass exodus back to their families ahead of new lockdown measures coming into force on Thursday.
Belgium – “we are forced to use asymptomatic doctors and nurses in the COVID-19 wards”
DW: Dr. Devos, how many people have CVID-19 at CHC Montlegia? More...
France records 854 Covid deaths, the highest daily death toll since 15 April
France’s daily Covid-19 death toll rose by 854 on Tuesday, an increase unseen since 15 April, while the number of people hospitalised for the disease went up by more than a 1,000 for the fifth time in nine days. More...
UK – nearly 400 COVID deaths in one day
UK Government figures for 3rd November show 397 deaths and more than 20,000 infections
Third of staff ‘fear catching Covid at work’
More than a third of workers are concerned about catching coronavirus on the job, according to a study by the Resolution Foundation think tank. More...
Fault in UK NHS Covid app meant thousands at risk did not quarantine
A code error in the NHS Covid-19 app meant users had to be next to a highly infectious patient for five times as long as the NHS had decided was risky before being instructed to self-isolate, the Guardian has learned
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/02/fault-in-nhs-covid-app-meant-thousands-at-risk-did-not-quarantine More...
Belgium: “Second wave is worse than the first” says UZ Leuven head doctor
The second wave of coronavirus infections that Belgium is going through at the moment is worse than the first, according to Gert Van Assche, head doctor at University Hospital (UZ) Leuven. More...
France: 52,000 new COVID infections and 416 deaths in one day
French health authorities on Monday reported 52,518 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours, setting a new daily record since the outbreak of the disease, up from 46,290 on Sunday. More...