Tag: Covid-19

Covid lockdowns based on politics, not science, leaked messages from UK government reveal

A discussion has been developing for months in the United Kingdom more…

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Mysterious increase in deaths across Europe

European countries are currently experiencing an unusually high death rate, and coronavirus…

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‘Wear a face mask,’ Czech hospitals ask due to a rise in Covid-19 cases

Czech hospitals are requesting that patients and guests wear face masks again…

Western Europe braces for next Covid-19 wave

Governments across Western Europe are approving draft legislation to restrict travel and…

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Poland: Covid-19 pandemic downgraded to a ‘state of epidemic threat’

Poland has downgraded the Covid-19 pandemic introduced to the country in March…

Grzegorz Adamczyk Grzegorz Adamczyk

Are Ukrainian refugees driving tuberculosis rates higher in Czechia?

Czechia is dealing with an increase in tuberculosis cases in recent days,…

Germany rejects mandatory vaccination in major blow to Lauterbach and the Greens

The German Bundestag has rejected mandatory vaccination against Covid-19 for everyone over…

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As inflation explodes in Czechia, price controls and other radical interventions are on the agenda

Petr Fiala's government in Czechia is now considering regulating the profit margins…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Poland to lift most Covid-19 restrictions, including face masks, quarantine and isolation

The wearing of face masks across Poland will no longer be mandatory…

Grzegorz Adamczyk Grzegorz Adamczyk

Hungary to lift most Covid-19 restrictions, maintains state of emergency

Hungary will soon lift most of its existing social restrictions with the…

Dénes Albert Dénes Albert

Germany using mass surveillance and censorship to crush political opposition

Historically, Germany is no stranger to mass surveillance, and most Germans will…

John Cody John Cody

In event of nuclear war, US government agency reminds to socially distance and to wear a mask

Americans have been instructed by the country's emergency management agency to maintain…

Thomas Brooke Thomas Brooke

Large German health insurer says up to 3 million people potentially suffered Covid-19 vaccine side effects

One of Germany's largest health insurance companies, BKK, analyzed the records of…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Top Hungarian epidemiologist calls for ending Covid measures

Hungary should move towards ending Covid-19 restrictions due to the number of…

Dénes Albert Dénes Albert

Denmark fact-checks scaremongering about Covid-19, looks to end vaccination program

Denmark's top health authority is fact-checking exaggerated statements on the danger of…

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‘Beginning of the end’ – Poland upbeat about lifting COVID restrictions

Polish Health Minister Adam Niedzielski announced that the peak of the fifth…

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Czech president commits to approving government’s amended pandemic law

Czech President Miloš Zeman will sign a new version of the pandemic…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Former Czech PM Babiš: I don’t understand why we need a pandemic law

One of the topics of Thursday's meeting of the opposition movement ANO…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Why doesn’t Czechia’s PM have Denmark’s courage?

Why, when coronavirus restrictions are being lifted all across Europe, is the…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Last year, the most people died in Czechia since WWII

Almost 140,000 people died in the Czech Republic last year, the most…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

The end of Covid-19 measures? Czech health minister wants to get back to normal in April

Czechia could scrap coronavirus measures and return to a level of normality…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Former Czech president slams government’s pandemic law as an ‘attack on freedom’

Former Czech President Václav Klaus has sharply criticized the planned amendment to…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Covid-19 restrictions cost German economy €350 billion, AfD party calls for end to restrictions

The coronavirus pandemic measures has to date cost the German economy approximately…

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Two-thirds of Poles are dissatisfied with the government’s recent handling of the Covid-19 pandemic

Two-thirds of Poles believe the Polish government did not adequately prepare the…

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Spanish authorities uncover criminal network selling fraudulent Covid-19 certification

Spanish police have arrested members of an international network to falsify coronavirus…

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Romanian mayor claims saint is helping cure COVID-19

A local mayor in Romania believes he has found a new cure…

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Austrian parliament approves mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations for all adults

The lower house of the Austrian parliament voted on Thursday overwhelmingly in…

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Germany’s president calls for society to turn out against COVID-19 demonstrators, ties protests to right-wing extremism

Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is attempting to delegitimize protests against the Covid-19…

Lucie Ctverakova Lucie Ctverakova

UK supermarket joins list of employers cutting sick pay for unvaccinated staff

U.K. supermarket, Morrisons, has become the latest employer in Britain to cut…

Thomas Brooke Thomas Brooke

300,000 march in Germany’s COVID-19 protests, four times higher than news media estimates

On Monday evening, the number of participants in the Covid-19 protests in…

Lucie Ctverakova Lucie Ctverakova

Scandal: Austrian school forces 9-year-old disabled student to write his exam in freezing weather because he didn’t have a mask on

The Austrian authorities are investigating the case of a nine-year-old elementary school…

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Polish scientists identify gene that can lead to more severe cases of Covid-19

Scientists at the Medical University of Bialystok have identified a gene which…

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88 percent of Japanese support government’s strict border controls

The vast majority of the Japanese public is generally supportive of its…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

French teachers go on strike against COVID-19 restrictions

In France, teachers organized a strike and protests on Thursday against new…

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‘I want to apologize’ – Boris Johnson responds to outrage over Downing Street party held during COVID-19 lockdowns

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized after revealing he briefly attended…

Thomas Brooke Thomas Brooke

Omicron becomes the dominant Covid-19 variant in Czechia

Omicron has become the dominant variant of Covid-19 across Czechia, exceeding 50…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Czechs could go to work even if they test positive for COVID-19

Due to the growing wave of the Omicron variant, the Czech government…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Polish President Duda diagnosed with Covid-19 for a second time

Polish President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus for a second…

Grzegorz Adamczyk Grzegorz Adamczyk

Romania suffers fourfold week-on-week rise in coronavirus infections

In Romania, almost four times as many new coronavirus infections were recorded…

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Macron claims unvaxxed are ‘not citizens,’ vows to ‘piss them off’

French President Emmanuel Macron has called France's 5 million-strong population of unvaccinated…

Thomas Brooke Thomas Brooke

This year will be one of the most difficult in Czechia’s history, says Fiala

This year will be one of the most difficult since establishing the…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Israel approves 4th vaccine for seniors, medical staff

Israel will provide a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to people over…

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Video: Dutch riot police use attack dog on anti-lockdown protesters

Dutch riot police dispersed a 2,000-strong protest in central Amsterdam against stricter…

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Hungarian scientist featured in HBO series on COVID-19 vaccine

HBO is developing a limited series, "The First Shots," about the race…

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Slovenian president supports mandatory vaccination

Should experts recommend mandatory vaccination, he would support the move and ask…

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Czechia’s population is declining due to COVID-19, lack of children, and migration

Much like the rest of Europe, the population of the Czech Republic…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Is Germany’s restrictive 2G system for the unvaccinated based on a lie?

To justify socially oppressive and economically harmful 2G COVID-19 restrictions on the…

Robert Robert

Pope Francis contributes to Hungarian COVID-orphans fund

Pope Francis has donated a statue of the patron saint of workers,…

Dénes Albert Dénes Albert

Netherlands begins strict lockdown over Omicron wave

The Netherlands began its strict lockdown on Sunday, which the Dutch Prime…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

German shopping malls introduce identity bracelets for the vaccinated

Germany has pushed on with evermore draconian measures, implementing tougher social restrictions…

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Lockdowns likely did nothing to improve COVID-19 numbers, new data from Austria, Czechia and Slovakia shows

Although Austria and Slovakia implemented lockdowns and Czechia decided not to, COVID-19…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Austrian opponents of anti-epidemic measures protested against ‘lying’ media

Austrian COVID-19 protesters and opponents of anti-epidemic measures scheduled demonstrations in front…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Vaccinated Slovak pensioners will receive an allowance of at least €200 from the state

Slovakia will provide €200 to any unvaccinated pensioner who receives a vaccine…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Omicron reaches Hungary

The so far fastest-spreading variant of the COVID-19 virus, Omicron, has reached…

Dénes Albert Dénes Albert

How Poland lost the war against COVID-19

Poland belongs to the group of countries where the pandemic had the…

Grzegorz Adamczyk Grzegorz Adamczyk

Thousands protest in Prague against compulsory vaccination

On Sunday, approximately 4,000 people gathered on Wenceslas Square in Prague, and…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Only 14% of Europeans want to return to normal working hours in the office

Only 14 percent of European employees want to return to the office…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

German man kills wife, three children, and then himself over forged COVID-19 certificate

Forty-year-old German man David R. murdered his wife Linda and their three…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Slovakia extends lockdown. Stores will open for the vaccinated

Slovakia will extend the current curfew with exceptions, however, stores that are…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Poland launches mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for health and uniformed services along with teachers starting in March

Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski declared that the pandemic situation in Poland…

Grzegorz Adamczyk Grzegorz Adamczyk

14% of Czechs determined to resist vaccination

Nineteen percent of Czechs reject Covid-19 vaccination, with 14 percent fully determined…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Is your Czech vaccine passport still valid?

The validity of Covid-19 vaccination certificates in the Czech Republic will shorten…

Lucie Ctverakova Lucie Ctverakova

Czech children are infected with Covid-19 at highest rate in EU

Of all the continents, Europe is now the hardest hit by the…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Omicron: A case of mass psychosis

A few days ago, the general director of the World Health Organization…

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EU countries mull mandatory COVID-19 vaccination

Following in the footsteps of Austria, several European countries are considering mandatory…

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Czechia restricts travel from southern African countries

The Czech Foreign Ministry has restricted entry for those people who have…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Hungary to begin vaccination of 5- to 11-year-olds in December

Hungary will begin vaccinating children aged five to 11 for COVID-19 after…

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Slovakia to enter a two-week-long lockdown

On Wednesday, the Slovak government approved a nationwide two-week-long closure due to…

Lucie Ctverakova Lucie Ctverakova

European Commission sets nine-month expiry on vaccinations

In the light of the resurgence of the coronavirus epidemic, the European…

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President Zeman leaves the hospital only to come back a few hours later with COVID-19

On Thursday, Czech President Miloš Zeman left the Central Military Hospital but…

Lucie Ctverakova Lucie Ctverakova

Pandemic pushes German unhappiness to all-time low

Polls show that Germans have never been as unhappy as they are…

Dénes Albert Dénes Albert

Slovak president calls for nationwide lockdown

The number of patients with Covid-19 in Slovak hospitals on Monday reached…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Czechia receives 10,000 doses of COVID-19 antibody drugs from Germany

Germany donated 10,000 doses of the Covid-19 antibody drugs from Regeneron to…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Sweden’s elevated COVID-19 death toll connected to its large migrant population, state epidemiologist says

Swedish State Epidemiologist Dr. Anders Tegnel, the architect of Sweden’s unorthodox coronavirus…

Robert Robert

Report: Poland a global leader in post-COVID job market

Polish Economic Institute (PIE) Deputy Director Andrzej Kubisiak emphasized that, according to…

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Germany takes in COVID-19 patients from struggling Romania

The first six Romanian coronavirus patients in serious condition were transported from…

Dénes Albert Dénes Albert

Hungarian army called to aid hospitals as COVID-19 cases rise

The Hungarian Armed Forces is sending a further 194 soldiers to 75…

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Hungary sends respirator masks, medicine to coronavirus-hit Romania

Hungary will deliver 40 ventilators, 1,650 non-invasive respirator masks and 3,000 boxes…

Dénes Albert Dénes Albert

Hungarian biochemist receives ‘Princess of Asturias’ award

Hungarian-born biochemist Katalin Karikó was awarded the prestigious Princess of Asturias Award…

Dénes Albert Dénes Albert

Crisis in Romania: Curfew for non-vaccinated introduced as hospitals overflow, schools close their doors

In Romania, schoolchildren will be sent on a two-week forced break from…

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Romanian hospitals overrun with COVID-19 patients

Romania's hospital system is on the verge of disaster, with more than…

Dénes Albert Dénes Albert

Hungary sells COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam and Thailand

Due to Hungary's successful vaccination program, Hungary has been able to help…

Dénes Albert Dénes Albert

Hungary to receive Sputnik vaccine technology by end of year

A political agreement has been reached in which Hungary will receive the…

Dénes Albert Dénes Albert

Hungary accepts Romanian COVID-19 patients for intensive care

Hungary is helping Romania and accepting 50 coronavirus patients for intensive care,…

Dénes Albert Dénes Albert

IMF lowers growth outlook for Czech economy to 3.8 percent

The Czech economy will grow by 3.8 percent this year and speed…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Hungary says ready to help COVID-stricken Romania

Faced with a rising Covid-19 infection rate and mortality, Romania is asking…

Dénes Albert Dénes Albert

Polish President Duda at UN General Assembly: Belarusian regime is conducting hybrid warfare

At the 76th United Nations General Assembly, Polish President Andrzej Duda accused…

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Slovak army’s low vaccination rate criticized by defense minister

While the vaccination rate in the Slovak army is only 55 percent,…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Italy makes vaccine certificates compulsory for employees

Italy is preparing to adopt a law that will make the "green…

Dénes Albert Dénes Albert

Hungarian government asks parliament to extend emergency rule over COVID-19 crisis

The Hungarian government is initiating an extension of the emergency due to…

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Will your case of COVID-19 be severe or a walk in the park? Czech researchers say they have the answer

Researchers from the First Faculty of Medicine at Charles University have developed…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Czechia is on the verge of another epidemic wave, says health minister

According to Minister of Health Adam Vojtěch, Czechia is on the verge…

Lucie Ctverakova Lucie Ctverakova

Taiwan grateful to Poland for 400,000 vaccines

The Polish government has donated 400,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to…

Grzegorz Adamczyk Grzegorz Adamczyk

Hungary lays foundation stone of COVID vaccine plant

If all goes well, Hungary's own national vaccine, with a capacity of…

Dénes Albert Dénes Albert

Czechia might cancel face mask mandate if 75% of Czechs get vaccinated

Abolishing the mandatory obligation to wear face masks and other measures for…

Karolina Klaskova Karolina Klaskova

Report: Covid-19 has permanently divided Europe

The recent European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) survey, which concerned the…

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