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France rules out 'total lockdown' in case of coronavirus surge 08 Jul 2020 - 09:46 pm
Workers paste portraits of healthcare workers on the facade of the Opera Bastille, at the initiative of the collective #ProtegeTonSoignant to pay tribute to caregivers in first ligne during the Covid-19 epidemic, next to a screen reading
One dead and four injured in London crane collapse 08 Jul 2020 - 08:54 pm
A collapsed crane is seen near a construction site in Bow, east London, Britain, July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Russian region near Mongolia testing rodents for plague 08 Jul 2020 - 07:59 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 25, 2016 a marmot is pictured at the Animal Park of Sainte-Croix in Rhodes, eastern France./ AFP / Jean Christophe VERHAEGEN
Spain's Catalonia makes masks compulsory in public at all times 08 Jul 2020 - 07:53 pm
Revellers wearing face masks attend symbolic celebrations for the suspended 'Chupinazo' opening ceremony to mark what was supposed to be the kick-off of the San Fermin Festival outside the Town Hall of Pamplona in northern Spain on July 6, 2020. / AFP / A
UK tech firm Smiths to aid COVID-19 antibody test production 08 Jul 2020 - 02:41 pm
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EU secures potential COVID-19 drugs from Roche, Germany's Merck: Source 08 Jul 2020 - 02:31 pm
FILE PHOTO: The peak of Mount Pilatus is seen in the background as workers clean the windows of a building of Roche in Rotkreuz May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Italy PM Conte says he will not accept 'weak compromise' on EU recovery fund 08 Jul 2020 - 12:11 am
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte looks on during a joint news conference with his Portuguese counterpart Antonio Costa (not pictured) at Sao Bento Palace, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Lisbon, Portugal, July 7, 2020. REU
Two killed in train collision in Czech Republic -emergency services 07 Jul 2020 - 09:46 pm
A handout photo released by the firefighters from HZS Karlovarskeho Kraje on July 7, 2020 shows the collision of two trains near the village of Pernink, Czech Republic.
Serbia returns to weekend lockdown after virus surge 07 Jul 2020 - 09:04 pm
SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - JULY 5: Sandzak coat of arms is reflected on the historical Vijecnica Library to express solidarity with Sandzak region of serbia in its fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegov
Poor data obscures COVID-19 death toll at Spain's nursing homes 07 Jul 2020 - 08:48 pm
FILE PHOTO: A worker in a protective gear chats with a resident during lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at Oteruelo nursing home in Valverde del Majano, Spain, April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo
WHO experts to travel to China at weekend to study COVID-19 origins 07 Jul 2020 - 07:44 pm
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WHO acknowledges 'evidence emerging' of airborne spread of COVID-19 07 Jul 2020 - 07:25 pm
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Glaxo teams with Philip Morris-backed biotech on Covid vaccine 07 Jul 2020 - 06:57 pm
General view outside GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) headquarters in Brentford, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Matthew Childs/File Photo
EU looking to ramp-up production of COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir 06 Jul 2020 - 07:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: Gilead Sciences Inc pharmaceutical company Oceanside, California, U.S., April 29, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Spanish island trials COVID-19 tracing app that will create virtual outbreak 06 Jul 2020 - 07:36 pm
Volunteers show residents how to install an app to trace contacts with people potentially infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) being trialled on the Canary Island of La Gomera, Spain, July 3, 2020. Alejandro Noda/via REUTERS
WHO says reviewing NYT article on concerns over airborne spread of COVID-19 06 Jul 2020 - 07:16 pm
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Regeneron begins COVID-19 antibody cocktail late-stage trial 06 Jul 2020 - 02:13 pm
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UK decision on Huawei not set in stone, minister says 06 Jul 2020 - 12:58 pm
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