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Chile inks deal for 1.8 mln doses of CanSino COVID-19 vaccine as inoculation drive plows ahead 30 Mar 2021 - 07:26 pm
A homeless man receives a dose of Sinovac's CoronaVac coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine during a vaccination campaign for homeless people, in Santiago, Chile March 26, 2021. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Data withheld from WHO team probing COVID-19 origins in China -Tedros 30 Mar 2021 - 07:20 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
Japan's famous cherry blossoms see early bloom amid warming 30 Mar 2021 - 03:38 pm
Visitors sit along a tidal wall while observing the annual cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin near the National Mall in Washington, U.S., March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
German state suspends AstraZeneca vaccine use for under-60s 30 Mar 2021 - 02:52 pm
AstraZeneca vaccine is seen during a vaccine process in Pristina, Kosovo March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Laura Hasani
BioNTech-Pfizer raise 2021 vaccine output goal to 2.5 bln doses 30 Mar 2021 - 02:22 pm
Syringes containing doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are seen prepared to vaccinate patients at their homes in Cologne, Germany, March 28, 2021. Reuters/Thilo Schmuelgen
Asian countries seek vaccine supplies after India export curbs hit COVAX 30 Mar 2021 - 02:16 pm
File photo: Workers offload the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines under the COVAX scheme against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Aden Abdulle Osman Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia March 15, 2021. Reuters/Feisal Omar/File Photo
Austria in talks to buy a million doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine 30 Mar 2021 - 02:13 pm
Workers take care of the shipment of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the airport, in Caracas, Venezuela March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero
S.Africa proposes reduced 2030 greenhouse gas emission targets 30 Mar 2021 - 01:43 pm
Smoke rises from the Duvha coal-based power station owned by state power utility Eskom, in Mpumalanga province, South Africa, 18 February, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo
Cambridge on home waters for crowd-free Oxford boat race 30 Mar 2021 - 11:28 am
Cambridge University rowers prepare for the annual boat race against Oxford which due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions is held this year in Ely, Cambridgeshire, Britain March 24, 2021. Picture taken March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Alexander Smit
Vietnam sentences flight attendant for spreading coronavirus 30 Mar 2021 - 11:23 am
Vietnam Airlines flight attendant Duong Tan Hau, attends court before being found guilty of violating COVID-19 quarantine rules and handed a two year suspended prison term in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam March 30, 2021. VNA via REUTERS
City of London says bulk of workers will return to the office after pandemic 30 Mar 2021 - 11:13 am
The City of London financial district can be seen as people walk along the south side of the River Thames, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls//File Photo
Australia's Queensland warns of more COVID-19 cases, Easter travel plans on hold 30 Mar 2021 - 10:58 am
Shoppers line up outside a Woolworths store as greater Brisbane has been ordered into a snap three-day lockdown after four more cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged in the community, in Brisbane, Australia, March 29, 2021. AAP Image/Nick Gi
Actor Lenny Henry tells Black Britons: get the COVID vaccine 30 Mar 2021 - 10:41 am
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Biden urges states to pause COVID-19 reopenings as CDC warns of 'impending doom' 30 Mar 2021 - 12:36 am
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the media as he arrives in Newcastle, Delaware, U.S., March 26, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
India suffers highest daily coronavirus infections in five months 30 Mar 2021 - 12:12 am
Men daubed in colours throw coloured powder at each other during Lathmar Holi celebrations, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the town of Nandgaon, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, March 24, 2021. REUTERS/K. K. Aror
Traffic in Suez Canal resumes after stranded ship refloated 29 Mar 2021 - 11:58 pm
Ship Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, is seen after it was fully floated in Suez Canal, Egypt March 29, 2021. Suez Canal Authority/Handout via REUTERS
Canada to pause AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine use for those under 55, require new risk analysis 29 Mar 2021 - 11:51 pm
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New York to open up COVID-19 vaccine to all adults on April 6 29 Mar 2021 - 11:34 pm
:FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks are seen in Washington Square park during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo