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Australia eyes reopening New Zealand travel bubble ahead of Australian Open tennis 29 Jan 2021 - 12:12 pm
FILE PHOTO: A passenger arrives from New Zealand after the Trans-Tasman travel bubble opened overnight, following an extended border closure due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, October 16, 2020. REUT
New Zealand mulls extra isolation for arrivals after Covid scare 29 Jan 2021 - 12:03 pm
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South Korea delays easing social distancing amid sign of another wave 29 Jan 2021 - 11:22 am
FILE PHOTO: Women wearing a mask as a measure to prevent contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walk under an umbrella as it snows in Seoul, South Korea, January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY/File Photo
Mexico's COVID-19 death toll surpasses India, becomes world's third highest 29 Jan 2021 - 11:14 am
Family members look as cemetery workers bury the body, who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico January 25, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
South Carolina reports 2 South African variant COVID-19 cases, first in US 28 Jan 2021 - 08:44 pm
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WHO says team in Wuhan to visit labs, markets and hospitals 28 Jan 2021 - 07:50 pm
A security member keeps watch at a cordoned-off section of a hotel where members of the World Health Organisation (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) went after leaving their quarantine hotel, in Wuhan, H
Chile receives 2 million-dose first delivery of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine 28 Jan 2021 - 06:52 pm
A plainclothes police stands guard next to containers transporting the first batch of the Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine at the International airport of Santiago, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, Chile, January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Ivan
Kashmir hotel lures tourists with igloo cafe 28 Jan 2021 - 06:35 pm
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Philippine regulator approves emergency use of AstraZeneca vaccine 28 Jan 2021 - 04:57 pm
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Vietnam to build three field hospitals in new COVID-19 outbreak site 28 Jan 2021 - 04:38 pm
A health worker takes a sample for a coronavirus test from a journalist in preparation for the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, which began on January 25, in Hanoi, Vietnam, January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo
North Macedonia reports first case of British coronavirus variant 28 Jan 2021 - 04:34 pm
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Death toll from storm Eloise rises to 21 across southern Africa 28 Jan 2021 - 04:24 pm
View of damage after Tropical Cyclone Eloise, in Beira, Mozambique, January 23, 2021 in this social media image obtained by REUTERS./File Photo
Germany recommends AstraZeneca Covid-19 shot only for under 65s 28 Jan 2021 - 04:22 pm
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India says Covid contained, but vaccine campaign stutters 28 Jan 2021 - 04:11 pm
A healthcare worker receives a dose of COVISHIELD, a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, inside a classroom of school, which has been converted into a temporary vaccination centre, in Ahmedabad, India, January 28, 2021. Reuters/Amit
EU tells Google, Facebook and Twitter to extend fake news watch, COVID-19 in focus 28 Jan 2021 - 03:53 pm
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UK PM Johnson faces criticism over Scotland trip in lockdown 28 Jan 2021 - 03:32 pm
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is shown the Lighthouse Laboratory used for processing PCR samples, during a visit to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain January 28, 2021. Jeff J Mitchell/Pool via REUTERS
Germany to ban travellers from Britain, Portugal amid fears of more contagious virus variants 28 Jan 2021 - 03:26 pm
A scientist at Bioscientia laboratories points at a sequenced and analysed mutant version of the coronavirus, as the spread of COVID-19 continues, at the Bioscientia headquarters in Ingelheim, Germany, January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Senegal confirms presence of UK variant of coronavirus 28 Jan 2021 - 03:09 pm
Men sit near a pelican as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Ouakam neighbourhood, Dakar, senegal January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra