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France's COVID-19 infections again hit fresh post-lockdown peak 19 Aug 2020 - 11:55 pm
A woman wearing a protective mask walks at the financial and business district of La Defense as France reinforces mask-wearing in public places as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country, near Paris, F
Chocolate snow covers Swiss town after malfunction at Lindt unit 19 Aug 2020 - 10:00 pm
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Finland returns travel restrictions for several countries 19 Aug 2020 - 09:33 pm
A medical worker wearing a protective suit and a mask takes a swab sample for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a drive-through testing station in Salo, Finland August 18, 2020. Lehtikuva/Jussi Nukari via REUTERS
Germany would have missed 2020 climate goal without COVID-19 emissions drop 19 Aug 2020 - 08:46 pm
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French minister's home searched over art gifts 19 Aug 2020 - 07:43 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 24, 2018 French Junior Minister for Public Administration Olivier Dussopt leaves the Elysee presidential palace after a weekly cabinet meeting in Paris. / AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN
Spain reports 3,715 new coronavirus cases in post-lockdown record 19 Aug 2020 - 07:23 pm
A man wearing a facemask walks in the outskirts of Madrid on August 19, 2020, with the Cuatro Torres bussiness area in the background. / AFP / OSCAR DEL POZO
Sweden records highest death tally in 150 years in first six months of 2020 19 Aug 2020 - 05:30 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask walks past the Royal Swedish Opera, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Stockholm, Sweden, April 27, 2020. Fredrik Sandberg/ REUTERS
Train derails in northern Italy, one injured 19 Aug 2020 - 03:08 pm
Rescue workers work at the scene where a train derailed near Carnate, Italy August 19, 2020. REUTERS/Daniele Mascolo
UK government and Heathrow work on testing as quarantine alternative 19 Aug 2020 - 01:44 pm
Britain's Secretary of State of Health Matt Hancock arrives in Downing Street, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 21, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley/File Photo
Sweden’s face mask debate heats up amid Covid resurgence warning 18 Aug 2020 - 10:22 pm
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Ireland ramps up COVID-19 restrictions again as cases surge 18 Aug 2020 - 09:12 pm
Ireland's Prime Minister Micheal Martin leaves a meeting at the EU summit, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium early July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
France reports over 2,000 new coronavirus infections 18 Aug 2020 - 08:47 pm
Visitors wearing protective face masks queue to enter the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, as France reinforces mask-wearing as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country, France, August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Charles
Poland's health minister resigns after virus response criticised 18 Aug 2020 - 07:12 pm
Poland's Health Minister Lukasz Szumowski reacts during a news conference where he announced his resignation in Warsaw, Poland August 18, 2020. Dawid Zuchowicz/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS.
Brazil greenlights human trials for J&J's potential COVID-19 vaccine 18 Aug 2020 - 05:39 pm
The company logo for Johnson & Johnson is displayed on a screen to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the company's listing at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Angela Merkel warns pandemic threat leaves no room to ease restrictions 18 Aug 2020 - 04:42 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel takes off her face mask as she arrives for a family photo in front of the Staendehaus former parliament building prior to a North Rhine-Westphalian cabinet meeting on August 18, 2020 in Duesseldorf, western Germany. / AFP /
Queues form at Italian COVID-19 test centres as holidaymakers return 18 Aug 2020 - 04:04 pm
Healthcare workers register people at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) drive in test centre at Rome's San Giovanni hospital in Rome, Italy, August 18, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
France to make mask mandatory in work places: Union 18 Aug 2020 - 02:49 pm
Pedestrians wear face masks as they walk in a congested street market of Lourges, southern France on August 18, 2020. / AFP / Christophe SIMON
Britain encourages at-risk groups to sign up for COVID-19 vaccine trials 17 Aug 2020 - 07:29 pm
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