The Danish government has reached parliamentary agreement over a four-stage plan to lift the country’s restrictions on international travel. The plan only applies to travel to and from countries in the EU and Schengen zone.
Pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson is to delay the rollout of its Covid-19 vaccine in Europe due to concerns over rare potential side effects detected in the United States.
Uppsala has urged residents to enter a 'personal lockdown', and 'assume everyone you meet has Covid-19', stronger messaging than previously seen in Sweden. But in effect, the same recommendations apply to everyone in the country.
The government wants to allow Danes and foreign nationals who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 to be allowed to travel in and out of the country without being subject to quarantine or testing rules.
Did the Public Health Agency underplay the risk of a second wave of coronavirus in Sweden when it described the rise in cases as "slow" and said public compliance with measures was high? A new report by Swedish public radio investigates.
More Covid-19 patients are currently being treated in intensive care in Sweden than at any other point in 2021, according to the latest figures from Swedish authorities.
The pace of Europe's vaccination campaigns against Covid-19 is steadily improving but in some countries more than others. We take a look at how countries in Europe compare in the race to inoculate their population.
Europe's stuttering vaccine rollout faced multiple hurdles on Friday as EU regulators said they were reviewing side effects of the Johnson & Johnson shot and France further limited its use of the AstraZeneca jab.
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines were packaged for the first time on French soil on Wednesday, hailed by President Emmanuel Macron as an important step as the country ramps up its vaccination campaign.
The European Medicines Agency has come to the conclusion that the unusual blood clots suffered by numerous people around Europe should be considered as rare side effects of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, but that overall the benefits of the jab outweigh the risk.
The EU's population of 450 million could achieve Covid-19 herd immunity by mid-July, the EU's vaccine chief Thierry Breton told French newspaper Le Parisien.
The World Health Organization on Thursday slammed Europe's vaccine rollout as "unacceptably slow" and said it was
prolonging the pandemic as the region sees a "worrying" surge in coronavirus infections.
Businesses required to demand customers present valid ‘corona passports’ under Denmark’s requirements for lifting restrictions could face heavy fines for not complying with rules.
Norway on Friday extended a suspension of the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine until April 15th, with health officials
saying they needed more time to investigate a potential link to severe blood clotting.
Italy suffered its highest number of deaths since World War II last year due to the coronavirus pandemic with over 100,000 deaths more than average, according to new figures released on Friday.
Denmark on Thursday extended its suspension of the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, saying it had not
ruled out a link to blood clots even though the European regulator has deemed it safe.
AstraZeneca on Wednesday denied reports it was stockpiling Covid-19 vaccines in the EU to export to Britain, after Italian inspectors found 29 million doses in a manufacturing plant near Rome.
Many countries across Europe are ramping up restrictions to try to stem a new wave of Covid-19 infections that has once again left hospitals struggling to cope. But different countries are using different strategies to tackle the virus surge and some countries are even easing measures.
