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Pfizer-BioNTech testing booster of their COVID-19 vaccine in new trial 25 Feb 2021 - 04:32 pm
FILE PHOTO: A vial and sryinge are seen in front of a displayed Pfizer and Biontech logo in this illustration taken January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Hungary extends lockdown, sees 'exceptionally difficult' two weeks ahead as infections rise 25 Feb 2021 - 03:06 pm
Police officers patrol during a night-time curfew imposed by the Hungarian government to curb the spread of the coronavirus, in Budapest, Hungary, November 11, 2020. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo/File Photo
Czech government seeks tougher Covid measures to tame virus surge 25 Feb 2021 - 12:00 pm
Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium October 15, 2020. Olivier Matthys/Pool via Reuters/File Photo
Sweden steps up pandemic restrictions in bid to avoid third wave 24 Feb 2021 - 09:50 pm
FILE PHOTO: Passengers wearing protective masks enter an underground railway station, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Stockholm, Sweden, January 7, 2021. Jessica Gow/TT News Agency/via REUTERS
Merkel says COVID variants risk third virus wave, must proceed carefully 24 Feb 2021 - 09:47 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives the 2021 report by the Council of Experts on Research and Innovation (EFI), in Berlin, Germany February 24, 2021. Sean Gallup/Pool via REUTERS
Russia beefs up fines for protest violations after Navalny rallies 24 Feb 2021 - 08:42 pm
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Johnson & Johnson's one-shot COVID-19 vaccine effective and safe: FDA staff 24 Feb 2021 - 04:03 pm
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British vaccine minister says confident in supply from manufacturers 24 Feb 2021 - 03:47 pm
British Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain February 4, 2021. ?UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS
Fire, drought, beetles ravage German forests, study finds 24 Feb 2021 - 03:32 pm
German Agriculture Minister Julia Kloeckner presents the results of the forest status survey during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, on February 24, 2021. Reuters/Annegret Hilse
Ukraine starts its COVID-19 vaccination campaign 24 Feb 2021 - 03:08 pm
A serviceman receives a dose of Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a local hospital in the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine February 24, 2021. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Greece to continue Athens lockdown as COVID cases rise 24 Feb 2021 - 02:39 pm
People sit in Monastiraki square after the Greek government imposed stricter lockdown measures against the coronavirus pandemic, in Athens, Greece, February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis/File Photo
Too early to ease COVID-19 restrictions, Hungary PM Orban says 24 Feb 2021 - 02:16 pm
Workers unload a shipment of Chinese company Sinopharm's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as it arrives at Budapest Airport, Hungary, February 16, 2021. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (KKM)/Handout via REUTERS
Germany approves three Covid home test kits to help chart way out of lockdown 24 Feb 2021 - 12:32 pm
FILE PHOTO: People with protective face masks walk at Kurfurstendamm shopping boulevard, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Berlin, Germany, December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
Dutch seize largest-ever heroin haul in container full of Himalaya salt 23 Feb 2021 - 08:12 pm
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Portugal's COVID-19 nightmare eases but end of lockdown still out of sight 23 Feb 2021 - 07:31 pm
FILE PHOTO: A person wearing a protective mask walks in Bairro Alto neighborhood during the national lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Lisbon, Portugal, January 23, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo
Merkel says Germany in third wave of pandemic - sources 23 Feb 2021 - 07:21 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel walks to hold a news conference following a virtual summit with G7 leaders at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/Pool
UK's Prince Philip 'a lot better' but to stay in hospital for treatment for infection 23 Feb 2021 - 07:18 pm
Police officers stand outside King Edward VII's Hospital, where Britain's Prince Philip was admitted, in London, Britain, February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Former king absent as Spain marks 40 years since failed coup 23 Feb 2021 - 04:16 pm
President of the Congress of Deputies Meritxell Batet and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez greet King Felipe upon arrival for an event marking the 40th anniversary of the February 23, 1981 coup attempt, at the Parliament in Madrid, Spain, February 23, 2021. R