Germany's Social Democratic Party expects a bill on making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory in Germany to be voted on by parliament in March.

Poland has recorded over 100,000 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic, health minister Adam Niedzielski said on Tuesday, adding that the situation is more difficult now than during the previous waves.

Switzerland will halve its quarantine time to five days to help tackle a wave of coronavirus infections that threatens to hamstring the economy.