Restrictions in Europe for people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 could evolve with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) developing scenarios for when physical distancing rules can be lifted.
The ECDC says that when individuals are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, they could relax the use of face-masks and social distancing.
People who are fully vaccinated could also meet unvaccinated people who are not at risk of severe COVID-19 without face masks, the agency says. It’s a cautious recognition of the fact that when people are vaccinated the risk of transmission is reduced and also the risk of in particularly getting seriously ill is very significantly reduced, Martin McKee, a Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, told Euronews.
France s health minister warned that the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care could reach levels seen during the first wave of the crisis a year ago.
Olivier Véran told French network TF1 that hospitals have already surpassed the number of patients admitted to intensive care during the second virus surge in November. The person that will develop a serious form of COVID will develop it after 10 or 15 days. If we reach the contaminations peak this week - that means that in two, three weeks from now we will have the peak of patients in intensive care units (ICU), Véran explained.
Riot police were deployed to clear a park in Brussels after thousands of unaware revellers turned up for a fake festival on April 1st.
“La Boum” was advertised on Facebook promising hundreds of world-renowned DJs.
The touted line up featured Calvin Harris, Solomun, Carl Cox, DJ Snake, Steve Aoki, Diplo, Fedde le Grand, Charlotte de Witte, Tiësto, Skrillex, Martin Garrix, Afrojack, Flume, Lost Frequencies, Disclosure and 75 other Dj’s from all around the world .
The advert also details the absence of any social distancing. Quite the opposite in fact: No distancing or barriers will be tolerated. Come naked, kiss each other, make lots of love. let s bring back humanity into our lives, and dance till dawn! the advert read.
By June 21, the British government hopes to lift all restrictions on social contact. And the first step in that plan starts on Monday with the return to classrooms of schoolchildren in England.
Schools in the UK were forced to close their doors in early January as coronavirus infections spiralled out of control.
Children aged between five and 11 are the first to be reunited with their teachers, with secondary schools following in a phased return later.
Teachers and pupils will have to take two COVID-19 tests a week for the foreseeable future. The reopening of schools marks a truly national effort to beat this virus. It is because of the determination of every person in this country that we can start moving closer to a sense of normality – and it is right that getting our young people back into the classroom is the first step, Downing Street reported Prime Minister Boris Johnson as saying.