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Italy approves new stimulus package to help virus-hit economy 18 Oct 2020 - 11:28 am
People wearing protective masks walk across the Piazza del Duomo in Milan on October 17, 2020, amid the Covid-19 pandemic. AFP / MIGUEL MEDINA
Italy to join France and UK with curbs as cases hit record 17 Oct 2020 - 06:58 pm
A nurse tends to an elderly woman suspected of being infected with Covid-19 at the emergency service of the Andre Gregoire hospital in Montreuil east of Paris on October 15, 2020. / AFP / Christophe ARCHAMBAULT
Millions in England under new virus restrictions 17 Oct 2020 - 03:07 pm
A woman wearing a protective face covering passes parked taxi cabs as she crosses Oxford Street in London, on October 17, 2020, as Londoners face more stringent novel coronavirus COVID-19 restrictions as the number of cases rises. AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS
Is it covid-19 or a cold? There may be 'no right answer' on when to get tested 17 Oct 2020 - 02:12 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 19, 2020 a man walks past a free flu shot advertisement outside of a drugstore in New York. AFP / Bryan R. Smith
Woman arrested after bodies of three children found at Vienna property 17 Oct 2020 - 01:34 pm
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Poland reports record rise in daily coronavirus cases 17 Oct 2020 - 01:26 pm
People wear masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Warsaw, Poland, October 16, 2020. Adam Stepien/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS
Italy's Lombardy region orders new anti-virus measures 17 Oct 2020 - 01:18 pm
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Merkel urges Germans to reduce contacts and travel to curb coronavirus 17 Oct 2020 - 01:16 pm
German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a round table meeting on the second day of a two days EU summit, in Brussels, on October 16, 2020. AFP / POOL / OLIVIER HOSLET
Russia receives renewed approval for COVID-19 vaccine trials in India -RDIF 17 Oct 2020 - 12:59 pm
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WHO trial to assess other antibody, antiviral drugs after remdesivir doubt 16 Oct 2020 - 07:35 pm
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference in Geneva Switzerland July 3, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Britain changes vaccine rollout measures for COVID and flu 16 Oct 2020 - 03:47 pm
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock speaks in the House of Commons Chamber about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain, October 15, 2020. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS
France to roll out airport testing this month: Minister 16 Oct 2020 - 03:29 pm
Health workers wearing protective gear wait for passengers to be tested for COVID-19 on arrival at Charles de Gaulle airport amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Roissy, near Paris, France July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Pho
Melting Alpine glaciers yield archaeologic troves, but clock ticking 16 Oct 2020 - 03:01 pm
 picture taken on October 8, 2020 in Sion shows the hand of Pierre Yves Nicod, curator at archaeological department of the history museum of Canton of Valais showing a shoe from 17th century found in a glacier in the Southern Swiss Canton of Valais. AFP /
Swiss COVID-19 infections hit another record 16 Oct 2020 - 02:37 pm
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Belgium minister in COVID isolation after Oct. 12 EU meeting 16 Oct 2020 - 01:50 pm
Minister for foreign affairs of Belgium Sophie Wilmes and Minister for foreign affairs of Sweden Ann Linde attend a European Foreign Affairs ministers council in Luxembourg October 12, 2020. Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/Pool via REUTERS
WHO defends data after concluding Gilead's remdesivir flopped COVID trial 16 Oct 2020 - 01:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: An ampule of Gilead Sciences COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir is pictured during a news conference at the University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg, Germany, April 8, 2020, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. Ulrich Pe
Britain puts Lancashire into highest COVID alert tier 16 Oct 2020 - 01:33 pm
A man wearing a facemask walks past a mural painted as part of the Cities of Hope festival in 2016 and highlighting the effects of mental health, in Ancoats, northern Manchester on October 16, 2020, as the number of cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19
British Air fined $26 Million in UK probe over 2018 data attack 16 Oct 2020 - 01:12 pm
FILE PHOTO: British Airways aircraft are seen stationary on the tarmac of London's Heathrow Airport in west London, August 12, 2005. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo