The European Covid certificate, a user’s guide
The EU will launch its digital Covid certificate on July 1. How will it use data on vaccinations, tests and immunity to usher in a return to summer tourism and travel across the European Union?
Austria bets on millions of tests to contain Covid-19
While Austria has struggled to contain the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, it is fast emerging as a world leader in testing as a way to reopen schools and businesses
Italy’s trailblazing rapid tests fail to halt virus
Italy was the first European country to bet big on rapid "antigen" tests, which are around 80 to 90% accurate, but they have not stopped case numbers rocketing to more than 35,000 a day