Category: Europe
European Coronavirus News
Kit Yates on “We have to learn to live with the virus”
More...What do the people who say “learn to live with the virus” actually mean?
Netherlands: 1,100 people infected with Covid-19 at superspreader test event festival
At least 130 visitors were already infected with Covid-19 despite the mandatory entrance tests when they went to the Dutch music festival ‘Verknipt’ in the first weekend of July. More...
Netherlands superspreader event sees one person infect 180 people in nightclub
The coronavirus outbreak at the Aspen Valley nightclub in Enschede on June 26 that resulted in 180 people contracting the coronavirus can be traced back to one person, an investigation from the GGD Twente showed. More...
UK: active Covid-19 cases are still rising sharply according to Zoe app
The UK government have been trumpeting lower daily Covid-19 infection numbers on their dedicated coronavirus portal (below) for a week, but the UK Covid-19 app Zoe is showing that the number of active cases is still rising sharply. More...
England: Care home Covid-19 deaths double in a fortnight
More...Latest Care Home (CH) COVID death data (to last Friday) unfortunately shows a significant increase (doubled in a fortnight) after several low weeks.
Kirsty Allsopp: We have to learn to live with Covid
More...The number of people who, very clearly, do not want this drop in the number of Covid cases to be true is quite staggering.
Portugal: 75% of Covid-19 deaths are now in the over-70s
In the past four days in Portugal, three out of four Covid-19 deaths have occurred in the over 70-year-old age bracket.
Portugal: coronavirus infection rates rising fastest amongst the 80+ age group
In another sign that the effectiveness of the various coronavirus vaccines is waning quickly, Covid-19 infection rates are now rising fastest amongst the over 80s age group, with a rise of 54% in two weeks in that cohort in Portugal. More...
UK Health Minister accuses 150,000 dead Britons of “cowering” from coronavirus
Sajid Javid: “Please, if you haven’t yet, get your jab, as we learn to live with, rather than cower from, this virus.” More...