Category: Europe
European Coronavirus News
Breath samples better than nasal swabs to detect Covid-19
Breath samples have been shown to be more reliable than nasal swabs for detecting Covid-19, a new study published by researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (RSCI) has shown. More...
Rule of six and curfews likely to have ‘zero effect’ on reducing contacts in COVID pandemic
Researchers at the London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine discovered respondents had seen roughly the same number of people
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/10/25/rule-six-curfews-probably-have-zero-effect-reducing-contacts/ More...
The Netherlands will probably go into a complete COVID lockdown if the number of corona infections does not level off next week
Sources in The Hague: full lockdown if figures do not level off next week
The Netherlands will probably go into a complete coronavirus lockdown if the number of corona infections does not level off next week. More...
Where is the PPE? *2 updates*
COVID-19 test centre images from the UK in October 2020. More...
AstraZeneca to resume its Covid-19 vaccine trial in the US
Drugmaker AstraZeneca will resume the trial of its experimental coronavirus vaccine in the United States, which has been on hold since September. More...
58,000 students & teachers in quarantine in Catalunya, Spain
58,000 students & teachers in quarantine in Catalunya, Spain
https://www.catalannews.com/covid-19/item/quarantined-classes-and-schools-daily-figures-explained-in-graphs More...
Spain heading for new coronavirus lockdown
“Spain is heading towards another state of alarm. Catalonia, the Basque Country, Asturias, Navarra, Extremadura, La Rioja and Melilla request it and Citizens have offered their votes to the Government to approve it
As the incidence of the coronavirus soars in practically the entire country, the legal instruments to deal with it are getting shorter and shorter. More...
COVID-19 cases across Italy have risen 19,143
COVID-19 cases across Italy have risen seven-fold since the start of the month, jumping to 19,143 on Friday and raising fears that the pandemic is spiralling out of control. More...
‘Absolutely terrifying’ impact of Covid admissions on northern UK hospitals revealed
As of Thursday, almost 6,100 patients were in hospital with Covid-19 across the country, 4,670 were receiving oxygen and 563 were on ventilators, according to the data. More...
UK announces 21,242 more coronavirus cases and 189 deaths
Sir Patrick Vallance claims up to 90,000 people could be getting infected every day in England
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8868865/Coronavirus-90-000-people-catching-Covid-19-day-Sir-Patrick-Vallance-claims.html More...