[block type="summary”]The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show that 565 new cases of coronavirus were discovered yesterday.
Around 600 delegates from Germany’s far right AfD gathered Saturday for a congress that the authorities have warned could become a coronavirus hotspot, as the party increasingly aligns itself with militants protesting anti-Covid restrictions.
Elsewhere in Germany, as a string of Covid-19 vaccines near approval, Frankfurt Airport staff are gearing up to handle the unprecedented logistical challenge of transporting millions of life-saving doses worldwide.
An Aeroflot delivery of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to EU member Hungary last week has sparked new criticism at home and abroad of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s go-it-alone policies.
[block type="summary”]Scotland began mass testing of university students before they returned home for Christmas, with a student at the University of St Andrews commenting “It’s a huge piece of mind just to be able to go home and be with my family, knowing that everything is safe.”
