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Brazil scrambles for India-made vaccines to jumpstart inoculations 05 Jan 2021 - 12:58 am
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Spain says 83,000 people have received Pfizer’s Covid vaccine 05 Jan 2021 - 12:52 am
Jennifer Arce, worker of the Amavir nursing home, receives an injection with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Madrid, Spain, December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Juan Medina
Lebanon orders three-week lockdown to fight virus spread 05 Jan 2021 - 12:45 am
A man wearing a protective face mask waits to get tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beirut, Lebanon January 4, 2021. Picture taken January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
New York state reports first case of UK Covid-19 Variant 05 Jan 2021 - 12:37 am
An empty Times Square is seen during the virtual New Year's Eve event following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Major US airlines back 'global' COVID-19 testing requirements -letter 05 Jan 2021 - 12:26 am
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Top Georgia election official says White House pushed him to take Trump call 04 Jan 2021 - 10:40 pm
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England to go back into COVID-19 lockdown from midnight - BBC 04 Jan 2021 - 09:09 pm
Pedestrians walk through central Liverpool, northwest England, on December 30, 2020 before thightened Tier 3 restrictions imposed in the city amid surging cases of the novel coronavirus. / AFP / Oli SCARFF
Indian biotech company says approved COVID shot trials 'honest' 04 Jan 2021 - 08:34 pm
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BioNTech says no data to support delayed vaccine booster shot 04 Jan 2021 - 08:13 pm
FILE PHOTO: Syringes are prepared for the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a nursing home in Bad Windsheim, Germany December 27, 2020. Picture taken December 27, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo
Pfizer has offered South Africa discounted Covid-19 vaccines 04 Jan 2021 - 07:47 pm
Medical worker Michelle Chester shows a Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine before giving it to nurse Sandra Lindsay, who was among the first to receive it, and who will receive the second dose at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in the Queens
Philippine president blocks Senate attempt to probe guards' use of vaccine 04 Jan 2021 - 07:43 pm
FILE PHOTO: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during the change of command ceremony of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines April 18, 2018. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao/File Photo
Greek nursing home gets "best New Year's present" as vaccinations begin 04 Jan 2021 - 07:39 pm
An elderly woman claps her hands after receiving a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a nursing home in Athens, Greece, January 4, 2021. Louisa Gouliamaki/Pool via REUTERS
Russia considers COVID-19 vaccination certificates for cross-border travels 04 Jan 2021 - 04:20 pm
A woman wearing a protective mask walks at the departure zone of Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
UK PM Johnson to impose tougher COVID-19 curbs shortly 04 Jan 2021 - 03:00 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson has his temperature checked during a visit to Chase Farm Hospital in north London, Britain January 4, 2021. Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERS
UK scientists worried vaccines may not work on S.African coronavirus variant: ITV 04 Jan 2021 - 02:16 pm
CEO and co-founder of BioNTech, Ugur Sahin, answers journalists' questions after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved its COVID-19 vaccine, at the company headquarters in Mainz, Germany December 22, 2020. Reuters/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo
Indonesia says to start COVID-19 vaccinations programme next week 04 Jan 2021 - 01:56 pm
An officer moves a box of Sinovac's vaccine for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from Biofarma to the pharmacy storage room of the local health department, as it is arrives in Semarang, Central Java province, Indonesia, January 4, 2021 in this photo taken b
UK judge refuses extradition of WikiLeaks founder Assange 04 Jan 2021 - 01:51 pm
A prison van arrives at the Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court as members of the media wait for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's arrival, in London, Britain, January 4, 2021. Reuters/Hannah McKay
S.Korea reviews AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, expands ban on gatherings 04 Jan 2021 - 01:46 pm
Women wearing masks walk in a shopping district amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Seoul, South Korea, January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji