World / Europe

Spain to make quarantine obligatory for travellers from South Africa, Brazil 18 Feb 2021 - 12:03 am

MADRID - Spain will make travellers from South Africa and Brazil go into quarantine for at least seven days following their arrival, Health...

Switzerland plans cautious easing of pandemic lockdown from March 17 Feb 2021 - 08:24 pm

ZURICH - Switzerland plans to make its first "cautious steps" towards ending its coronavirus lockdown next month, the government said on Wednesday, contrasting...

Slovakia seeks medical staff assist from abroad as COVID-19 outbreak rages 17 Feb 2021 - 07:32 pm

PRAGUE - Slovakia will ask other European Union member countries for medical staff to help with the surge in COVID-19 cases, the Health...

Britain's Prince Philip, 99, in hospital after feeling unwell 17 Feb 2021 - 07:10 pm

LONDON - Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's 99-year-old husband, was admitted to hospital on Tuesday as a precautionary measure after feeling ill with an...

Snows storms hit East Med, army called out in Greece 17 Feb 2021 - 03:28 pm

Greece called in the armed forces Wednesday to help repair widespread damage caused by heavy snowfall in Athens, while blizzards continued to cause...

Johnson plots reopening of UK economy within months 17 Feb 2021 - 03:27 pm

London: Prime Minister Boris Johnson is plotting a staged exit from lockdown that would see the United Kingdom's battered economy returning to work...

Italy's Draghi urges unity, sacrifice in fighting the virus 17 Feb 2021 - 02:09 pm

ROME: Italian Premier Mario Draghi urged Italy’s polarized politicians to unite behind his new government to confront the coronavirus pandemic and the economic...

UK could give two doses of COVID vaccine to all adults by Sept, task force says 16 Feb 2021 - 11:41 pm

LONDON - The United Kingdom could give two doses of COVID-19 vaccine to all adults by August or September, helped by its portfolio...

Scottish pupils to begin returning to school from Monday 16 Feb 2021 - 11:30 pm

LONDON - Pupils in Scotland will begin returning to schools from Monday, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said, but the move would mean...

"We are like captives": life in Britain's quarantine hotels 16 Feb 2021 - 10:28 pm

LONDON - Mohamed Noor faces 10 days in COVID-19 quarantine in a hotel room near London's Heathrow Airport after falling foul of new...

England identifies extra 1.7 million people vulnerable to COVID 16 Feb 2021 - 08:06 pm

LONDON - English authorities have identified an extra 1.7 million people vulnerable to becoming seriously ill or dying from COVID-19 by combining factors...

Dutch coronavirus cases rising again, driven by UK variant -health authorities 16 Feb 2021 - 07:47 pm

AMSTERDAM - COVID-19 cases are rising again in the Netherlands after weeks of decline as cases of the British variant of the virus...

EU regulator to give verdict on J&J COVID-19 vaccine by mid-March 16 Feb 2021 - 07:40 pm

Europe's drugs regulator said on Tuesday it could issue an opinion by mid-March on whether to approve drugmaker Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine...

First 550,000 doses of Chinese Sinopharm's vaccine arrive in Hungary 16 Feb 2021 - 03:25 pm

BUDAPEST: The first 550,000 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Budapest, a leading health official said on Tuesday, as Hungary...

Albania gets 7,020 more Pfizer shots, expects AstraZeneca in April 16 Feb 2021 - 02:12 pm

PRISTINA: A shipment of 7,020 Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines arrived in Albania late on Monday and the Balkan country expects a batch of 360,000 AstraZeneca...

Germany plans to offer free rapid coronavirus tests from March 1 16 Feb 2021 - 01:44 pm

BERLIN: Germany plans to offer all citizens rapid coronavirus tests free of charge from March 1, its health minister said on Tuesday. Jens...

Court orders Dutch government to scrap coronavirus curfew 16 Feb 2021 - 12:43 pm

Amsterdam: A Dutch court ordered the government on Tuesday to immediately scrap the night-time curfew imposed to help limit the spread of the...

UK to facilitate other countries' COVID vaccine passport plans: minister 16 Feb 2021 - 11:39 am

LONDON: Britain will provide vaccine COVID-19 certificates for its residents if they are required by other countries, although it is not planning to...