Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

How to end virus lockdowns? Technology, tests, coordination

Governments battling a virus that has crossed borders with breathtaking swiftness pinned their hopes Tuesday on tests, technology and a coordinated approach to ease the tight social-distancing restrictions that have slowed ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Dutch to drop last remaining COVID-19 restrictions next week

The Dutch government will drop its last remaining COVID-19 restrictions next week despite a recent rise in infections as the nation learns to live with the coronavirus, officials said Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Finland imposes 'Europe's tightest' border restrictions

Finland has removed most EU countries from its "green travel list", with only arrivals from a handful of states now able to enter the country without coronavirus restrictions from Monday.

Health

UK approves plain cigarette packaging for 2016

Britain will become the first European Union nation to introduce plain packaging on cigarette packets after members of the House of Lords rubber-stamped a new law on Monday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Low-vaccinated Eastern Europe braces for omicron surge

As the fast-spreading coronavirus variant omicron rages through Western Europe, officials and experts in low-vaccinated Eastern Europe anticipate a post-holiday explosion of COVID-19 cases in much of the region.

Vaccination

Spain says 70% of population fully vaccinated

One of the global frontrunners in vaccination against the coronavirus, Spain on Wednesday it had fully vaccinated just over 70 percent of its 47 million residents.

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