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Germany recommends AstraZeneca Covid-19 shot only for under 65s 28 Jan 2021 - 04:22 pm
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India says Covid contained, but vaccine campaign stutters 28 Jan 2021 - 04:11 pm
A healthcare worker receives a dose of COVISHIELD, a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, inside a classroom of school, which has been converted into a temporary vaccination centre, in Ahmedabad, India, January 28, 2021. Reuters/Amit
EU tells Google, Facebook and Twitter to extend fake news watch, COVID-19 in focus 28 Jan 2021 - 03:53 pm
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UK PM Johnson faces criticism over Scotland trip in lockdown 28 Jan 2021 - 03:32 pm
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is shown the Lighthouse Laboratory used for processing PCR samples, during a visit to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain January 28, 2021. Jeff J Mitchell/Pool via REUTERS
Germany to ban travellers from Britain, Portugal amid fears of more contagious virus variants 28 Jan 2021 - 03:26 pm
A scientist at Bioscientia laboratories points at a sequenced and analysed mutant version of the coronavirus, as the spread of COVID-19 continues, at the Bioscientia headquarters in Ingelheim, Germany, January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Senegal confirms presence of UK variant of coronavirus 28 Jan 2021 - 03:09 pm
Men sit near a pelican as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Ouakam neighbourhood, Dakar, senegal January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Cambodia's cash-strapped cyclo drivers treated to pedal-in movie 28 Jan 2021 - 03:05 pm
Tricycle drivers attend an outdoor movie screening held by a non-governmental organization (NGO). Reuters/Cindy Liu
WHO says vaccine makers working non-stop to plug supply gap, urges patience 28 Jan 2021 - 02:55 pm
FILE PHOTO: Hans Kluge, World Health Organization regional director for Europe, attends a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Moscow, Russia September 23, 2020. Sputnik/Alexander Astafyev/Pool via REUTERS
Australia extends New Zealand 'travel bubble' pause amid new COVID-19 cases 28 Jan 2021 - 02:54 pm
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South Africa to issue COVID-19 vaccine storage, distribution tender 28 Jan 2021 - 02:43 pm
A medic inserts a syringe into a vial of AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Yangon, Myanmar, after the country received 1.5 million doses of the vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, January 27, 2021. REUTER
Hungary extends lockdown measures until March 1, says Orban aide 28 Jan 2021 - 02:38 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
German minister sees COVID-19 vaccine shortage well into April 28 Jan 2021 - 02:32 pm
German Health Minister Jens Spahn attends a news conference, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Berlin, Germany, January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/Pool
Pakistani court: Release man accused in Daniel Pearl's death 28 Jan 2021 - 02:30 pm
A portrait of the Wall Street Journal's reporter Daniel Pearl stands with a candle at the altar at Fleet Street's journalists chapel St Brides Church prior to a memorial service in London March 5, 2002. Reuters/Ian Waldie IW/NMB/File Photo
India donates first 500,000 doses of vaccine to Sri Lanka 28 Jan 2021 - 02:14 pm
FILE PHOTO: Vials of AstraZeneca's Covishield coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, are seen before they are packaged inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, Pune, India, November 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
WHO team in Wuhan departs quarantine for COVID origins study 28 Jan 2021 - 02:01 pm
Members of the World Health Organisation (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic leave their quarantine hotel in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
WHO warns "too early to ease up" from COVID-19 lockdowns in Europe 28 Jan 2021 - 01:56 pm
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Vaccine-averse Tanzania told to follow science 28 Jan 2021 - 01:51 pm
File photo: Tanzania's President elect John Magufuli salutes members of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi Party (CCM) at the party's sub-head office on Lumumba road in Dar es Salaam, October 30, 2015. Reuters/Sadi Said/File Photo
In locked-down Lebanon, Tripoli protester killed in night of unrest 28 Jan 2021 - 01:14 pm
Garbage bins, set on fire by demonstrators, block a road during a protest against the lockdown and worsening economic conditions, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tripoli, Lebanon January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim