MADRID- After nearly two years of COVID-19-induced uncertainty, Madrid's restaurants had been counting on solid bookings over the festive season to bolster their...
MADRID- After nearly two years of COVID-19-induced uncertainty, Madrid's restaurants had been counting on solid bookings over the festive season to bolster their...
LONDON- Germany will on Jan. 4 drop its demand for travellers from Britain to quarantine and provide a negative COVID-19 test, requirements that...
British Airways has scrapped flights to Hong Kong until March as the territory further tightens aircrew quarantine restrictions to contain the spread of...
LISBON- Portugal on Thursday cut the mandatory isolation period for people who test positive for COVID-19 but are asymptomatic from 10 days to...
MOSCOW- Russia has overtaken Brazil to have the world's second-highest death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic, behind the United States, data from Russia's...
MOSCOW- The Russian government extended on Thursday its approval for drugmaker Pharmasyntez to produce a generic version of U.S. anti-COVID-19 drug remdesivir without...
MEAUX: French doctor Christian Allard has noted a side-effect from the record numbers of COVID-19 infections sweeping the country - some people are...
LONDON: England’s National Health Service is building temporary structures at hospitals around the country to prepare for a possible surge of COVID-19 patients...
UK shares were subdued on Thursday, after hitting 22-month highs in the previous session, as a surge of COVID-19 cases offset optimism around...
Italy has eased coronavirus quarantine rules and imposed a vaccine mandate for most activities in a bid to keep essential services running, after...
BRUSSELS- The Belgian government reversed course on Wednesday by allowing theatres to reopen after a court suspended their closure ordered a week ago...
ROME- The Italian government on Wednesday said it is planning to relax isolation rules for those who came into close contact with COVID-19...
ATHENS- Greece is introducing new restrictions on the hospitality sector from Thursday, bringing forward measures planned for early January as coronavirus infections surge....
ZURICH- New COVID-19 infections in Switzerland hit a record high of 17,634 within the last 24 hours, figures published on the health authorities'...
BERLIN- German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said on Wednesday that the number of new coronavirus cases has been under-reported and the actual incidence...
Madrid: Spain's Health Minister Carolina Darias and regional health chiefs decided on Wednesday to cut the isolation period for people who tested positive...
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Wednesday that the overwhelming majority of patients ending up in intensive care with COVID-19 had...
WARSAW: Poland reported 794 COVID-related deaths on Wednesday, the highest number in the fourth wave of the pandemic, a deputy health minister said,...