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Sudden extension of vaccine eligibility sows confusion in Poland 01 Apr 2021 - 03:32 pm
File photo: Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are pictured in a vaccination centre in Geneva, Switzerland, February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Belgian park party invite is April Fool, but no joke for police 01 Apr 2021 - 02:14 pm
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Pfizer COVID-19 shot 91% effective in updated data, protective against South African variant 01 Apr 2021 - 01:51 pm
Filephoto: A healthcare worker prepares a Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
Lockdown home-working thwarts Germany's burglars 01 Apr 2021 - 11:46 am
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John le Carre was so furious with Brexit he got Irish citizenship 01 Apr 2021 - 11:22 am
File photo: Author John le Carre and actor Florence Pugh arrive at the world premiere of
Eurovision song contest to have limited audience in COVID-19 trial 01 Apr 2021 - 08:40 am
File photo: General view of the Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands that will host the Eurovision Song Contest in May 2021. Photo taken March 30, 2020. Reuters/Piroschka Van De Wouw/File Photo
Macron orders COVID-19 lockdown across all of France, closes schools 31 Mar 2021 - 11:25 pm
FILE PHOTO: A french police officer patrols on the Promenade des Anglais during the third lockdown imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) contagion, in Nice, France, March 27, 2021. REUTERS/ Eric Gaillard/File Photo
Italy makes COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for all health workers 31 Mar 2021 - 10:20 pm
Doctor Pina Tomaselli prepares to administer the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a care home in Naples, Italy, March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny starts hunger strike over lack of medical care 31 Mar 2021 - 09:18 pm
FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny attends a hearing to consider an appeal against an earlier court decision to change his suspended sentence to a real prison term, in Moscow, Russia February 20, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Pho
'Falling like flies': Hungary's Roma community pleads for COVID help 31 Mar 2021 - 07:26 pm
FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks walk in downtown Budapest, after Hungarian government imposed a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Hungary, November 11, 2020. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/Files/Fil
Ukraine reports record daily high of coronavirus-related deaths 31 Mar 2021 - 03:46 pm
A medical worker wearing protective gear stands next to an ambulance outside a hospital for patients infected with COVID-19 in Kyiv, Ukraine, November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo
Spain will use AstraZeneca vaccine for essential workers over 65 31 Mar 2021 - 03:34 pm
People wait in line to receive a dose of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine outside a vaccination centre, at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium, in Madrid, Spain, March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Internet's 'Hide the Pain Harold' accidentally used by Swedish COVID-19 vaccine website 31 Mar 2021 - 02:08 pm
A March 31, 2021, screenshot shows a part of a government website where Swedes can book Covid-19 vaccinations, featuring the
Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine safe, effective on adolescents in trial, companies say 31 Mar 2021 - 01:49 pm
File photo: Empty vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are seen at The Michener Institute, in Toronto, Canada January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo
Covid-19 pushing us to breaking point, says French headteacher 31 Mar 2021 - 12:10 pm
Schoolchildren clean their hands at the private primary school Jeanne D'Arc in Saint-Maur-des-Fosses, near Paris, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in France, March 30, 2021. Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes
Russia registers world's first COVID-19 vaccine for animals - watchdog 31 Mar 2021 - 11:00 am
A specialist collects a swab sample from a rabbit at a laboratory of the Federal centre for animal health during the development of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for animals, in Vladimir, Russia December 9, 2020. Picture taken Decem
Spain to use AstraZeneca vaccine in 55-65 age group, J&J for older people 31 Mar 2021 - 12:06 am
A man receives an AstraZeneca vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Huelva, Spain March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo
Thousands rally in Romania against coronavirus curfew, defy gathering ban 30 Mar 2021 - 11:09 pm
People march demanding an end to COVID-19 restrictions, in Bucharest, Romania, March 30, 2021. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via REUTERS

Africa

A passenger's temperature is checked at Bunia Airport in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on June 3, 2026. Photo by GLODY MURHABAZI / AFP WHO warns Ebola outbreak had 'big head-start' but response 'catching up'
A researcher works inside the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Laboratory at the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe, Uganda. (Xinhua/Nie Zuguo) Uganda confirms 6 new Ebola cases, total rises to 15
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World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives in Bunia, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 30, 2026. (Photo by Glody Murhabazi / AFP) WHO chief visits epicentre of Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

Americas

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(FILES) Bill Pulte, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/ AFP) Trump names housing finance chief as intelligence director
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