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Italy to invest in biotech ReiThera to support COVID-19 vaccine development 05 Jan 2021 - 04:39 pm
People wearing protective face masks sit near the Colosseum, one day before the country goes back to lockdown as part of the efforts put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Rome, Italy, January 4, 2021. Reuters/Guglielmo
Switzerland says residents who want a COVID-19 shot should get one by summer 05 Jan 2021 - 04:25 pm
FILE PHOTO: An employee shows the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in New York, U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Germany considers tighter curbs with vaccine criticism mounting 05 Jan 2021 - 03:55 pm
Patients wait at the Metropolis-Halle vaccination center for their injection with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Potsdam, Germany, January 5, 2021. Soeren Stache/Pool via Re
UK PM Johnson cancels India visit, citing need to oversee virus response 05 Jan 2021 - 03:54 pm
Teacher Wendy Couldridge watches on a device as Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a lockdown in England, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Hertford, Britain, January 4, 2021. Reuters/Andrew Couldridge
Britons ordered to stay at home as third national lockdown begins 05 Jan 2021 - 02:20 pm
People queue at London Bridge Vaccination Centre, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, January 5, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
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
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
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
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
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
Germany mulls delaying second COVID-19 vaccine shot: document 04 Jan 2021 - 01:26 pm
German Health Minister Jens Spahn addresses the media during a news conference on the COVID-19 situation and the country's vaccination campaign, in Berlin, Germany December 30, 2020. Michael Sohn/Pool via Reuters
UK rolls out AstraZeneca vaccine, touts British science triumph 04 Jan 2021 - 11:18 am
A dose of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is displayed at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, Britain January 2, 2021. Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Greece detects four cases of new coronavirus variant 04 Jan 2021 - 12:14 am
People make their way on the Christmas-decorated Syntagma square before New Year's day celebrations, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Athens, Greece, December 31, 2020. Picture taken December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi
Norway imposes new restrictions to prevent new wave, says PM 03 Jan 2021 - 08:29 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask carries shopping bags as he walks on the streets of Oslo following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Oslo, Norway March 13, 2020. NTB Scanpix/Hakon Mosvold Larsen via REUTERS .
Italian government totters as Conte, Renzi divide deepens 03 Jan 2021 - 04:58 pm
FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. REUTERS/Remo Casilli