Category: Europe
European Coronavirus News
Plague Island: highest ever UK Covid case rate, Omicron now dominant in London
Another dismal Covid record has been broken in Britain today. More...
Environmental pollution increases the severity and mortality of Covid-19
People who live in cities where airborne pollutants exceed the threshold set by the WHO suffer from COVID-19 more severely and are more likely to die. More...
Denmark: ~90% of Omicron cases are double or triple vaccinated *17 UPDATES*
Denmark’s SSI has revealed that the vast majority of people currently infected with the Omicron variant are double or triple vaccinated. More...
Norway: new Covid restrictions introduced as highest ever hospitalizations recorded
UPDATE: Norway has the highest infection rate by in Europe. More...
Denmark: over 10,000 Omicron cases a day expected as variant becomes dominant this week
Denmark’s SSI estimates that Omicron will become the dominant Covid-19 variant this week. More...
Omicron in Norway: a warning to the world
Norway’s latest Covid figures show soaring numbers of infections and hospital inpatients, with big increases in both ICU and ventilated patients. More...
UKHSA Technical Briefing 31, dated 10th December 2021
“If Omicron continues to grow at the present rate, Omicron is projected to reach parity with Delta in mid-December.” More...
UKHSA bombshell: Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against the Omicron variant
“Among those who had received 2 doses of [AstraZeneca], there was NO protective effect of vaccination against symptomatic disease with Omicron from 15 weeks after the second dose.” More...
Scotland: Christmas parties cancelled over Omicron fears
Public Health Scotland has told people they should delay Christmas parties and Hogmanay celebrations due to fears over the rising number of Omicron cases in the country. More...
UK: Omicron infections could exceed one million by New Year
The UK Health Security Agency estimates that the number of infections will be around 20 times higher than the number of confirmed cases and so the number of infections is closer to 10,000. More...