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Algeria to allow more international flights in further easing of restrictions 25 Aug 2021 - 09:28 pm
FILE PHOTO: A general view shows an empty street in Algiers, Algeria March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina/file photo
Moderna seeks full US approval for its Covid-19 vaccine 25 Aug 2021 - 08:57 pm
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COVID vaccine protection wanes within six months - UK researchers 25 Aug 2021 - 08:32 pm
People queue to receive a dose of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine at the Central Middlesex Hospital in London, Britain, August 1, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Files
Vaccine inequity remains Achilles' heel of COVID-19 response in Americas-PAHO 25 Aug 2021 - 08:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: A test tube labelled with the Vaccine is seen in front of Covid-19 and stock graph logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Delta Air Lines to impose surcharge on unvaccinated employees 25 Aug 2021 - 07:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350-900 plane takes off from Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, October 28, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
Pfizer starts process for US approval of COVID-19 booster shot 25 Aug 2021 - 07:37 pm
FILE PHOTO: Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are pictured in a vaccination centre in Geneva, Switzerland, February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Bangladeshi women try on rare leadership roles for a fairer fashion future 25 Aug 2021 - 02:04 pm
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Japan expands virus emergency to 80% of population on covid surge 25 Aug 2021 - 01:22 pm
A man wearing a protective mask, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, is silhouetted in Tokyo, Japan, August 25, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Credit Suisse tells unvaccinated US staff to work from home, memo says 25 Aug 2021 - 01:07 pm
A Credit Suisse sign is seen on the exterior of their Americas headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, September 1, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Vietnam urges WHO to send more COVID-19 shots as cases surge despite lockdown 25 Aug 2021 - 12:52 pm
Vietnam soldiers deliver boxes with food into strict lockdown areas amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, August 24, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
India hurries teacher vaccinations as some physical classes resume 25 Aug 2021 - 12:16 pm
A healthcare worker holding a rose is vaccinated against COVID-19 at a medical centre in Mumbai, India, January 16, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
Vietnam to pay recovered Covid-19 patients to help in hospitals 25 Aug 2021 - 12:12 pm
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Sydney hospitals battle coronavirus as daily infections hit record 25 Aug 2021 - 11:50 am
A staff member works at the front entrance of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination clinic in the Bankstown suburb during a lockdown to curb an outbreak of cases in Sydney, Australia, August 25, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
Biden receives inconclusive intelligence report on Covid origins 25 Aug 2021 - 11:40 am
Market at Wuhan. File photo
New Zealand pushes ahead with vaccinations as Delta outbreak widens 25 Aug 2021 - 11:30 am
An empty street is seen as a lockdown to curb the spread of cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) remains in place in Wellington, New Zealand, August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Praveen Menon/File Photo
Japan doesn’t have enough electric cars for its EV chargers 25 Aug 2021 - 11:28 am
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Kazakhstan bans unvaccinated from malls and restaurants on weekends 25 Aug 2021 - 10:31 am
A general view of Almaty city during sunset, Kazakhstan, June 21, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev/File Photo
Thailand develops robotic system to squeeze out more vaccine doses 25 Aug 2021 - 10:25 am
A vaccine extraction machine called AutoVacc, designed by the Chulalongkorn University's Biomedical Engineering Research Center to extract extra doses out of AstraZeneca vaccine vials, is seen in Bangkok, Thailand August 23, 2021. Picture taken August 23,