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WHO lists AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use 15 Feb 2021 - 07:14 pm
FILE PHOTO: A health official draws a dose of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, at Infectious Diseases Hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
J&J's vaccine implementation study in South Africa gets regulator nod 15 Feb 2021 - 03:53 pm
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Portugal's tourism sector slumps back to 1980s levels amid pandemic 15 Feb 2021 - 03:37 pm
Villagers wearing traditional costumes mark the Shrovetide Sunday festival on the empty street instead of the yearly crowded carnival which was prohibited due to lockdown restrictions amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Podence, Portugal.
Cambodia detects first cases of UK coronavirus variant 15 Feb 2021 - 03:29 pm
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Guinea tracks potential Ebola contacts, says can overcome new outbreak 15 Feb 2021 - 03:03 pm
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UK PM Johnson says lockdown lifting will be cautious but irreversible 15 Feb 2021 - 02:42 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressees the media at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic briefing in Downing Street, London, Britain February 3, 2021. Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Erdogan says U.S. supports militants who executed Turkish forces in Iraq 15 Feb 2021 - 02:41 pm
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, February 10, 2021. Murat Cetinmuhurdar
England's quarantine hotels open in bid to keep COVID variants out 15 Feb 2021 - 12:55 pm
Travellers arrive at Heathrow Airport, as Britain introduces hotel quarantine programme for arrivals from a
COVID-19 vaccines touch down in Australia, New Zealand, inoculations to start 15 Feb 2021 - 12:36 pm
The first Australian shipment of Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines is unloaded from a Singapore Airlines plane at Sydney International Airport, Australia, February 15, 2021. AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi/via REUTERS
India's Serum says will ship AstraZeneca vaccine to Canada in 'less than a month' 15 Feb 2021 - 12:09 pm
Vials of AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are seen before they are packaged inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, in Pune, India, November 30, 2020. Picture taken November 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
S.Korea cuts Q1 COVID-19 vaccination plan, restricts use of AstraZeneca shot 15 Feb 2021 - 11:32 am
A nurse takes part in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination mock drill at the COVID-19 vaccination center in Seoul, South Korea, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Photo
End of lockdown? UK's Johnson mulls path out after 15 million vaccinated 15 Feb 2021 - 11:16 am
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), visits a PPE manufacturing facility, in Seaton Delaval, Britain, February 13, 2021. Scott Heppell/Pool via REUTERS
Arrest of young Indian activist, tied to Thunberg's movement, stirs outrage 15 Feb 2021 - 10:36 am
Climate change activist Disha Ravi is escorted by police officials as she walks out of the court in New Delhi, India February 14, 2021 in this still image taken from video. ANI via Reuters TV
Britain's Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan expecting second child 14 Feb 2021 - 11:11 pm
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, holding their son Archie in Cape Town, South Africa, September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Indian police arrest activist linked to Greta Thunberg's movement 14 Feb 2021 - 10:47 pm
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Czech government agrees last-minute COVID-19 lockdown deal 14 Feb 2021 - 09:25 pm
German border police officers stop a car at the border as controls between Germany and the Czech Republic have been re-established, while the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Zinnwald, Germany, February 14, 2021. REUTERS/Matthias
Former Argentine president Carlos Menem dies 14 Feb 2021 - 09:18 pm
FILE PHOTO: Argentine presidential candidate Carlos Menem stands in front of a giant poster of former President Juan Domingo Peron, as he waves to thousands of followers in River Plate Stadium during the final rally of his campaign, in Buenos Aires, April
Pakistan lab expects Sputnik V doses for commercial sale in a week 14 Feb 2021 - 08:41 pm
FILE PHOTO: A medical specialist holds a vial of sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus in a department store in Moscow, Russia, January 18, 2021 REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo