Hong Kong has finalized to lift the mandatory hotel quarantine for travellers from abroad. The authorities have made this known, finally ending more than two years of international isolation for the world's financial centre.
While the number of COVID-19 hospitalisations increasing by 4% between 16 and 22 September, there has been a significant drop in the number of deaths during the same time period.
Vaccination remains one of the best way to curb the contracting influenza and avoid its potential complications, especially since COVID-19 is still circulating and risks making a comeback as the winter season approaches, health experts warn.
After one week into Flander's autumn vaccination campaign against COVID-19, around 400,000 people have already received their autumn booster dose, and more than half of the adult population has already received an invitation.
Belgium recorded an average of 1,664 new COVID-19 cases between the period of August 6 and August 12, 2022, which is up by almost 8% from the previous week.
Belgium will be among the countries using Pfizer's vaccine against the Wuhan variant and the Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5 of the novel coronavirus in its vaccine campaign against the contagious mutants.
An average of 6.1 COVID-19 patients died each day between August 30 and September 5, which shows an increase of 10%. The Sciensano Institute of Public Health has shared the following data on Friday.
The European Commission has made an announcement on September 1 that it has purchased an additional 170,932 doses of monkeypox vaccines from Danish pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic.
The recent spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations is only just behind us; however, the onset of the winter could bring a turn for the worse, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday evening.
The European regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) has observed "encouraging early signs" of a slowdown in the monkeypox epidemic in Europe.
Belgium sperm banks are undersupplied and waiting times for would-be families continues to grow, as per recent reports. It can now take between six months and one year to obtain a healthy sperm sample.
The health authorities of China are now testing fish caught at sea to make sure they are not carriers of the COVID-19 and thus limit the spread of the virus in China.
In their first conversation since September 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed ceasefire prospects in Ukraine and the Iranian nuclear issue, highlighting enduring differences yet a willingness to resume dialogue
Western Europe is finally getting a reprieve from a record-setting heatwave, with temperatures dropping and storms forecast. However, southern regions like Spain and Italy will remain in the grip of extreme heat through the weekend, prompting ongoing weather alerts
Starting in 2026, the iconic French Riviera city will restrict large cruise ships from docking, allowing only vessels with fewer than 1,000 passengers to enter, in a bold move to fight overtourism and protect its coastal environment
With 84 French regions on heat alert and record-breaking temperatures scorched across Spain, Portugal, and Italy, Europe braces for one of its most intense heatwaves in recent memory
Barcola, a 21-year-old winger and a rising star in French football, transferred from Lyon to PSG in August 2023 for a reported fee of €45 million, with an additional €5 million in potential bonuses
