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FDA advisory panel to review Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine with thumbs up expected 26 Feb 2021 - 06:07 pm
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Philippines' Duterte signs indemnity bill for COVID-19 vaccine rollout 26 Feb 2021 - 05:33 pm
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the APEC CEO Summit, taking place ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Hoang Dinh Nam/Pool/File Photo
Philippines records biggest daily rise in coronavirus cases in four months 26 Feb 2021 - 05:21 pm
Local officials wearing face masks and face shields as protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) stand near a community quarantine checkpoint in a village under local lockdown, in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, February 25, 2021. REUTERS/Li
Take 'fantastic' AstraZeneca vaccine, top officials tell Germans 26 Feb 2021 - 05:13 pm
Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn wears a mask following a news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Berlin, Germany February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/Pool
Canada approves AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine 26 Feb 2021 - 04:57 pm
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Australia's Victoria says COVID-19 curbs to return to pre-Christmas settings 26 Feb 2021 - 04:19 pm
Commuters wearing protective face masks in accordance with new public health regulations for riding public transit depart a train station in the wake of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sydney, Australia, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
Ivory Coast becomes second country to receive COVAX vaccines 26 Feb 2021 - 03:55 pm
Workers offload boxes of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines as the country receives its first batch of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines under COVAX scheme, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
Poland raises upper age limit for AstraZeneca shot, taking in Slovak patients 26 Feb 2021 - 03:51 pm
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Retired Italian teacher leaves fortune to hospitals, charities 26 Feb 2021 - 03:40 pm
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EU regulator advises use of Regeneron antibody cocktail for COVID-19 26 Feb 2021 - 03:31 pm
The Regeneron Pharmaceuticals company logo is seen on a building at the company's Westchester campus in Tarrytown, New York, U.S. September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
South Korea kicks off COVID-19 vaccination campaign 26 Feb 2021 - 02:22 pm
Nursing home workers (R) wait to receive the first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at a health care centre in Seoul on February 26, 2021, as South Korea starts coronavirus vaccination campaign. Jung Yeon-je/Pool via REUTERS
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine reduces transmission after one dose -UK study 26 Feb 2021 - 02:15 pm
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Don't be selfish - get a COVID shot, says UK's Queen Elizabeth 26 Feb 2021 - 02:03 pm
Britain's Queen Elizabeth speaks via video call to health leaders delivering the COVID-19 vaccine across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, London, Britain February 25, 2021. (Top L-R) Dr Emily Lawson, Chief Commercial Officer, NHS England, De
Briton jailed for breaking Singapore's strict quarantine rules 26 Feb 2021 - 02:00 pm
Briton Skea Nigel and partner Agatha Maghesh Eyamalai arrive at the State Courts for a hearing after breaking coronavirus disease (COVID-19) quarantine regulations in Singapore February 15, 2021.  REUTERS/Edgar Su
Boeing 777 makes emergency landing in Moscow after engine sensor problem 26 Feb 2021 - 01:50 pm
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'Made in Taiwan' COVID-19 vaccines could be ready in July, says minister 26 Feb 2021 - 01:43 pm
A construction site is seen at sunset hours in Taipei, Taiwan, February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang
Indonesia allows private vaccine program to quicken rollout 26 Feb 2021 - 01:32 pm
A monk reacts while receiving the first dose of China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the mass vaccination program for clergy at the parking lot of Grand Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 25, 2021. REU
Japan to lift virus emergency in Osaka region as cases wane 26 Feb 2021 - 01:29 pm
FILE PHOTO: An empty street near the usually crowded Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, a popular tourist attraction, is pictured amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Japan, July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Leika Kihara/File Photo