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German firm's super-coolers to send vaccines around the world 04 Dec 2020 - 02:50 pm
Ultra-cold refrigerators filled with vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are pictured at a secret storage facility in the Rhein-Main area, Germany, December 4, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
Moscow launches online registration for COVID-19 vaccination 04 Dec 2020 - 02:13 pm
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WHO looks at e-certificates for Covid-19 vaccination 04 Dec 2020 - 12:37 pm
A medical worker fills a syringe with Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine before administering an injection during the vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a clinic in the town of Domodedovo near Moscow, Russia December 3, 2020. REUTERS
Italy tightens curbs for Christmas as COVID deaths hit record high 04 Dec 2020 - 12:29 am
A man wearing a protective mask looks on inside a shop on the day Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza lays out in parliament the government's plan for mass coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations and restrictions over the Christmas period, in Rom
Fauci apologises for casting doubt over UK's approval of Pfizer vaccine 04 Dec 2020 - 12:26 am
(FILES) In this file photo Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing in the James S. Brady Briefing Room of the White House on November 19, 2020./
UN chief pans countries who ignored COVID-19 facts, WHO guidance 03 Dec 2020 - 08:39 pm
FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a news conference at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., November 20, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
Portugal aims to vaccinate nearly 10% of population during 1st phase 03 Dec 2020 - 08:31 pm
FILE PHOTO: A street artist performs with soap bubbles at Rossio square during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in downtown Lisbon, Portugal October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante/File Photo
English health service looking at ways to deploy Pfizer vaccine in care homes: Official 03 Dec 2020 - 03:03 pm
A dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination of BioNTech and Pfizer is pictured in this undated handout photo, as Britain became the first western country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, in Mainz, Germany. BioNTech SE 2020, all rights reserved/
World food prices jump to six-year high: UN 03 Dec 2020 - 01:53 pm
World Food Programme employee walks between sacks of food at the Um Rakuba refugee camp which houses Ethiopian refugees fleeing the fighting in the Tigray region, on the Sudan-Ethiopia border in Sudan, November 29, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Moscow to open COVID-19 vaccination centres on Saturday 03 Dec 2020 - 01:49 pm
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Former French President Giscard d'Estaing dies of COVID-19 complications at 94 03 Dec 2020 - 11:22 am
Former French President Valery Giscard D'Estaing died at the age of 94, announced his entourage on December 2, 2020. / AFP / JACQUES DEMARTHON
Britain's Prince Harry suggests COVID is rebuke from nature 03 Dec 2020 - 12:12 am
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Germany to extend COVID-19 restrictions until Jan. 10- Merkel 02 Dec 2020 - 11:41 pm
FILE PHOTO: People wear protective face masks as they walk beside Christmas decorations at a shopping mall amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Berlin, Germany, November 21, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
Pfizer CEO confident vaccine supply will exceed needs by end of 2021 02 Dec 2020 - 10:40 pm
The Pfizer logo is seen at the entrance to Pfizer factory in Puurs, Belgium December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Bart Biesemans
Spain caps year-end parties at 10 people, restricts domestic travel 02 Dec 2020 - 10:25 pm
A man walks past a part of one kilometre-long Christmas illuminations with the colours of the Spanish flag, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
Putin orders Russia to begin large-scale COVID-19 vaccinations next week 02 Dec 2020 - 08:27 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to launch a new pharmaceutical substance large-scale production department at the Bratskkhimsintez plant of Russian drugmaker Pharmasyntez, via video link at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow
Boris Johnson won't jump queue for virus vaccination: aide 02 Dec 2020 - 08:03 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wearing a hair net and face covering, poses for a photograph with a vial as he views the last minute quality testing of the 'fill and finish' stage of the manufacturing process of COVID-19 vaccines, Wales, Britain N
UN: Warmer world in 2020 busted weather records, hurt people 02 Dec 2020 - 04:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: A firefighter walks past burning trees during a battle against bushfires around the town of Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales on December 31, 2019.  AFP / SAEED KHAN