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Germany reopens hairdressers, considers way ahead on virus 01 Mar 2021 - 01:17 pm
Hairdresser Manuela Friedl serves a customer as her salon reopens after a months-long lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Haselbachtal, Germany, March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel
S.Korean tech firms shake up Japan's storied manga industry 01 Mar 2021 - 01:00 pm
Japanese manga artist Kamentotsu shows his his four-panel strip comic 'Koguma's Cake Shop' on his smartphone at his workspace in Tokyo, Japan October 8, 2020. Picture taken October 8, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Philippines starts coronavirus vaccinations but supply, demand uncertain 01 Mar 2021 - 12:07 pm
A health worker holds a vial of Sinovac Biotech's Coronavac vaccine on the first day of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) inoculation drive in the Philippines, at the Lung Center of the Philippines, Quezon City, Metro Manila, March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Elois
Modi takes home-grown vaccine as India widens immunisation drive 01 Mar 2021 - 11:42 am
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives a dose of COVAXIN, a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine developed by India's Bharat Biotech and the state-run Indian Council of Medical Research, at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital
Eurofins launches prescription-free Covid-19 test, eyes further growth 01 Mar 2021 - 11:24 am
A nurse performs a PCR test at the screening center of Hospital de la Tour during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
J&J's COVID-19 shot gets CDC panel backing; vaccine near shipping 28 Feb 2021 - 11:20 pm
FILE PHOTO: Vials of Johnson & Johnson's Janssen coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine candidate are seen in an undated photograph. Johnson & Johnson/Handout via REUTERS.
China's CanSino says first vaccines packaged in Mexico will be ready in March 28 Feb 2021 - 11:14 pm
FILE PHOTO: A logo of China's vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc is pictured on the company's headquarters in Tianjin, China August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
German states call for unused AstraZeneca vaccine to be given to younger people 28 Feb 2021 - 10:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: A syringe for the AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine is pictured during the opening of a vaccination centre at Berlin's former Tegel TXL airport, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Berlin, Germany, February 10, 2021. Kay Nie
Norway's capital tightens lockdown to fight faster virus spread 28 Feb 2021 - 09:35 pm
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the cityscape with the new Munch Museum, also called Lambda, to the left, in the Bjorvika neighbourhood in Oslo, Norway November 17, 2020. NTB SCANPIX/Cornelius Poppe via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY
More than 20 million in Britain get first COVID-19 vaccine dose 28 Feb 2021 - 08:50 pm
Nurse Elspeth Huber from Hannage Brook Medical Centre administers the COVID 19 vaccine during home visits to the most venerable people amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) near Wirksworth, Derbyshire Britain, February 26, 2021. REUTERS/
Up to six cases of Manaus variant of coronavirus detected in UK 28 Feb 2021 - 08:44 pm
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Czech PM backs using Sputnik vaccine without EU regulator's approval 28 Feb 2021 - 08:23 pm
FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister of Czech Republic Andrej Babis arrives for the a special European council on budget in Brussels, Belgium February 20, 2020. Julien Warnand/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Trump to proclaim himself as the future for Republicans in speech 28 Feb 2021 - 08:00 pm
 statue of former U.S. President Donald Trump is pictured at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S. February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
Heathrow imposes passenger charges to cover pandemic costs 28 Feb 2021 - 07:49 pm
FILE PHOTO: Travellers at Heathrow airport, London, Britain, February 13, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Brazil's capital returns to COVID-19 lockdown 28 Feb 2021 - 07:35 pm
A car drives by an empty avenue during a lockdown decreed by Brasilia's Governor Ibaneis Rocha to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) contagion in Brasilia, Brazil, February 28, 2021. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Fauci urges Americans to get any of the three COVID-19 vaccines available 28 Feb 2021 - 07:26 pm
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci stands by during an event to commemorate the 50 millionth coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., Feb
London wants retail expansion despite pandemic slump 28 Feb 2021 - 04:52 pm
People visit Primrose Hill, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, February 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Hungarian PM receives Chinese vaccine as govt ramps up rollout 28 Feb 2021 - 03:34 pm
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