[Jimbuna]

The number of new coronavirus cases in Poland has risen by 29% from last Monday as the third wave to hit the country gathers momentum.
Poland’s health ministry reported 6,170 new coronavirus cases and 32 virus-related deaths on Monday, up from 4,786 and 24 one week ago.

Austria says there is currently "no evidence of a causal relationship" after one woman died and another developed a pulmonary embolism after receiving doses from the same batch of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

Germany is further easing its lockdown restrictions, with five people from two households allowed to meet from today. Museums and galleries will also reopen.

People aged over 65 and other high-risk groups in Russia's capital Moscow are no longer required to self-isolate and their free travel on public transport is reinstated today following months of restrictions.

Spain's government has cancelled all marches to celebrate International Women’s Day in the capital Madrid amid high infection numbers. However, marches are expected elsewhere in the country.

Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg has warned that the country is likely to require stronger coronavirus measures following a rise in cases. Non-essential shops and some schools are already closed in and around the capital Oslo, with restaurants only allowed to provide takeaways.

More than 100 sailors from Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean are stranded in northern Germany after almost two years away from their families. Their government sealed off borders at the start of the pandemic to stop the virus getting onto the island and they remain unable to return home.