UK prepares new support for firms hit by local lockdowns – FT

[ad_1] Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, leaves a television studio in London, Britain, October 6, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s finance minister Rishi Sunak is drawing…

Johnson says some months until all vulnerable get COVID jabs

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister said on Wednesday it would be some months before all the most vulnerable people received COVID-19 vaccines with England’s health service boss saying…

Swiss stocks – Factors to watch on June 30

[ad_1] ZURICH, June 30 (Reuters) – The Swiss blue-chip SMI was seen opening 0.2 percent higher at 7,992 points on Thursday, according to premarket indications by bank Julius Baer .…

Italy – Factors to watch on Nov. 18

[ad_1] The following factors could affect Italian markets on Monday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*). For…

Italy coronavirus deaths rise by 756, lifting total death toll to 10,779

[ad_1] ROME (Reuters) – The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy climbed by 756 to 10,779, the Civil Protection Agency said on Sunday, the second successive fall…

UK’s ‘useless and ineffective’ quarantine will hammer tourism, Ryanair boss says

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Britain does not have a proper plan for its 14-day international quarantine and the introduction of such a “useless and ineffective” scheme will do untold damage…

Cases in Italy’s Lombardy rise by some 2,500 on Thursday, data ‘not good’: official

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Italian army soldiers patrol streets after being deployed to the region of Lombardy to enforce the lockdown against the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Milan, Italy,…

German vaccination programme accelerating, but variants raise stakes: minister

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: German Health Minister Jens Spahn gestures as he addresses a news conference, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Berlin, Germany, February 12, 2021. Tobias Schwarz/Pool via…

UK to boost COVID-19 testing in children as London risks new restrictions

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A man crosses Westminster Bridge with the London Eye wheel seen behind on a foggy morning, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, December…

Denmark shuts schools and universities after surge in coronavirus cases

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen arrives for the second day of the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, February 21, 2020. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause COPENHAGEN (Reuters) –…