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More England Covid patients in hospital than at April peak 29 Dec 2020 - 09:26 pm
People walk past a roadside public health information sign, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, December 29, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Six dead as strong quake strikes central Croatia 29 Dec 2020 - 09:21 pm
People clean debris from a street after an earthquake, in Petrinja, Croatia December 29, 2020. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic
Moscow sees sharp rise in Covid-19 deaths in November 29 Dec 2020 - 07:10 pm
Pedestrians some wearing face masks walk in front of Christmas decorations at a shopping mall in Moscow on December 29, 2020, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. Russia confirmed 27,002 new daily Covid-19 cases including 5,641 in
Dutch government under fire for late start with vaccinations 29 Dec 2020 - 04:17 pm
A car driver receives a self-test kit as he must answers questions to the medical staff, at a Covid-19 test location in Tilburg, on December 23, 2020. - Netherlands OUT / AFP / ANP / Koen van Weel
French fashion designer Pierre Cardin dies aged 98: family 29 Dec 2020 - 03:11 pm
This file photo taken on July 9, 2016 shows France's fashion designer Pierre Cardin gesturing during the 2016-2017 fall/winter Haute Couture collection fashion show in Bonnieux, southeastern France. French fashion designer Pierre Cardin died on December 2
Strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits central Croatia 29 Dec 2020 - 02:51 pm
People repair the roof of a damaged house after a 5.2 magnitude earthquake, in Brest Pokupski village, Croatia, December 28, 2020. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic
Belarus starts COVID-19 vaccinations with Russian shots 29 Dec 2020 - 02:08 pm
FILE PHOTO: In this file photo taken on December 14, 2020, a medical worker shows a vial with Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine against the coronavirus disease during the vaccination of medics at a clinic in the far eastern city of Vladivostok.  AFP / Pav
Russia imposes travel ban on German officials in response to sanctions 29 Dec 2020 - 01:42 pm
Cars are seen stuck in a traffic jam on an embankment of the Moskva river outside the Kremlin during a heavy snowfall in Moscow on December 25, 2020. / AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV
UK virus strain has been in Germany since November 29 Dec 2020 - 01:23 pm
Pharmacist Susanne Wohlgemuth prepares Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccinations at the Haus an der Linde nursing home in Lichtentanne, Saxony, Germany December 27, 2020, the day when the country starts its vaccination programme. Hendrik Schmidt/Pool via Reut
UK needs tighter COVID rules to avert new "catastrophe", epidemiologist warns 29 Dec 2020 - 12:58 pm
Vehicles drive past a roadside public health information sign, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, near Oxford, Britain, December 28, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Spain to create a register of people who refuse Covid-19 vaccine 29 Dec 2020 - 11:36 am
An elderly woman receives an injection with a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at Vallecas nursing home, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Madrid, Spain December 27, 2020. Comunidad de Madrid/Handout via Reuters
Russia to test new COVID-19 antibody drug in new year 28 Dec 2020 - 10:33 pm
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Spain to keep registry of people who refuse Covid vaccine 28 Dec 2020 - 09:03 pm
A health worker prepares an injection with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, at Balafia nursing home, in Lleida, Spain, December 27, 2020. REUTERS/Albert Gea
Russia reports more than 186,000 coronavirus deaths 28 Dec 2020 - 07:55 pm
People wearing face masks look at the Christmas decorations while shopping in Moscow on December 28, 2020, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. Russia confirmed 27,787 new daily Covid-19 cases including 6,253 in Moscow. / AFP / Al
Hungary receives 6,000 doses of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine 28 Dec 2020 - 07:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: A view shows vials during the production of Gam-COVID-Vac, also known as Sputnik-V, vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a facility of BIOCAD biotechnology company in Saint Petersburg, Russia December 4, 2020. Picture taken De
German care home workers given five times vaccine dose 28 Dec 2020 - 07:15 pm
A medical worker carries a box of vials containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19, coronavirus vaccine during an inoculation program at a care home in Grossraeschen, eastern Germany , on December 27, 2020. / AFP / POOL / FABRIZIO BENSCH
Finland finds first patients with new coronavirus variants 28 Dec 2020 - 04:13 pm
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17 fishermen feared dead after trawler sinks in Arctic Russia 28 Dec 2020 - 04:00 pm
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