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Swedish PM given COVID-19 vaccine, urges population to follow suit 27 Apr 2021 - 08:18 pm
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven addresses a news conference, after parliament passed a bill giving the government the temporary power to adopt new measures to slow the COVID-19 pandemic, in Stockhom, Sweden January 8, 2021. Fredrik Sandberg/TT News A
Vienna easing lockdown cautiously, with swipe at government plans 27 Apr 2021 - 06:54 pm
Tables and chairs are pictured next to a closed restaurant as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown continues in Vienna, Austria April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
Argentina restarts talks with Pfizer into buying its coronavirus vaccine 27 Apr 2021 - 06:27 pm
A man receives a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the hall three of the Belgrade Fair, in Belgrade, Serbia, April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Marko Djurica/File Photo
Kazakhstan rolls out its own COVID-19 vaccine 27 Apr 2021 - 05:59 pm
Medical workers are seen in a vaccination centre located at a shopping and entertainment mall in Almaty, Kazakhstan April 27, 2021. Kazakhstan started using its own domestically-developed QazCovid-in vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for
WHO steps up aid to India to stem COVID surge 27 Apr 2021 - 04:43 pm
A patient wearing an oxygen mask is seen inside an ambulance waiting to enter a COVID-19 hospital for treatment, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India, April 25, 2021. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo
Kenyan tour guides take COVID-19 vaccine in hopes of tourism revival 27 Apr 2021 - 04:33 pm
Kenyan tour guides and travel operators queue to receive the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), under the COVAX scheme, in Nairobi, Kenya, April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi
Creative start-ups and private flats: City of London eyes post-COVID future 27 Apr 2021 - 03:27 pm
The Bank of England and the City of London financial district in London, Britain, November 5, 2020. Reuters/John Sibley/File Photo
Some Russians get extra COVID-19 shots, Sputnik V developers say no need 27 Apr 2021 - 02:14 pm
File photo: People line up to receive a dose of Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a vaccination centre in the State Department Store, GUM, in central Moscow, Russia January 18, 2021 Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov/Fil
India expects biggest share of U.S. doses of AstraZeneca vaccine -govt sources 27 Apr 2021 - 02:12 pm
A woman receives a dose of COVISHIELD, a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, as others wait for their turn at a vaccination centre in Mumbai, India, April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni
Denmark firm on returning refugees to war-torn Syria 27 Apr 2021 - 01:43 pm
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Explosive-laden boat destroyed off Yanbu port: Saudi state TV 27 Apr 2021 - 01:16 pm
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After 100 days, Americans give Biden high marks for COVID-19 response, economy 27 Apr 2021 - 01:00 pm
File photo: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his $2 trillion infrastructure plan during an event to tout the plan at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., March 31, 2021. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Brazil health regulator rejects Russia's Sputnik vaccine 27 Apr 2021 - 11:48 am
A man receives the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, at the Catete Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
'Cannon fodder': Medical students in India feel betrayed 27 Apr 2021 - 11:14 am
File photo: A doctor tends to a patient with a breathing problem inside an ambulance waiting to enter a Covid-19 hospital for treatment, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India, April 25, 2021. Reuters/Amit Dave/File Ph
Gilead to ship 450,000 remdesivir vials to India as Covid-19 cases surge 27 Apr 2021 - 11:07 am
Gilead Sciences Inc pharmaceutical company is seen after they announced a Phase 3 Trial of the investigational antiviral drug Remdesivir in patients with severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in
UK regulator rejects Heathrow request for pandemic cushion 27 Apr 2021 - 10:38 am
File photo: People queue to enter terminal 2, as tighter rules for international travellers start, at Heathrow Airport, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, London, Britain, January 18, 2021. Reuters /Henry Nicholls/File Photo
Medical supplies pour into India as COVID-19 deaths near 200,000 27 Apr 2021 - 10:35 am
An oxygen tank is loaded into an aircraft to help hospitals in India running out of oxygen supplies amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the tarmac of Changi Airport in Singapore April 24, 2021 in this picture taken April 24, 2021 obtained fro
Turkey announces full lockdown to curb spread of coronavirus 27 Apr 2021 - 10:34 am
People wearing protective face masks shop at a fresh market, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Istanbul, Turkey April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya