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Pfizer has produced more than 70 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses: CEO 12 Jan 2021 - 06:03 pm
A vial and syringe are seen in front of a displayed Pfizer and Biontech logo in this illustration taken January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
US to release COVID-19 doses in push for older Americans to get shots, Azar says 12 Jan 2021 - 05:41 pm
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar speaks during a news conference about the latest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) developments, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. August 23, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Sc
Spain aims for all care home residents to get first COVID-19 vaccine dose by weekend 12 Jan 2021 - 05:14 pm
Health workers wait after receiving their injections with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, at Enfermera Isabel Zendal hospital in Madrid, Spain January 11, 2021. Picture taken throug
Philippines' Duterte stops mining on 'devastated' southern island 12 Jan 2021 - 04:57 pm
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during his fourth State of the Nation address at the Philippine Congress in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo
Snow-struck Madrid struggles with cleanup as record frost grips Spain 12 Jan 2021 - 04:44 pm
A woman throws water on a snow-covered street, following heavy snowfall, in Madrid, Spain January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo
Trump should leave office, German finance minister Scholz says 12 Jan 2021 - 04:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz attends a news conference following talks with state leaders to discuss anti-coronavirus measures at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany December 13, 2020. Bernd von Jutrczenka/Pool via REUTERS
Ukraine pharma group to supply 5 mln doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in H1 12 Jan 2021 - 04:39 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man works in the packaging facility of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech, developing an experimental coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a government-organized media tour in Beijing, China, September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas P
Swiss drugs regulator approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine 12 Jan 2021 - 04:36 pm
A vial and sryinge are seen in front of a displayed Moderna logo in this illustration taken January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Indonesia retrieves 'black box' from crashed Sriwijaya Air plane: Official 12 Jan 2021 - 03:42 pm
A National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) official holds a part of the retrieved black box of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ 182, which crashed into the sea at the weekend off the Jakarta coast, in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Ajeng Dina
Indonesia retrieves crashed Sriwijaya Air plane's flight data recorder 12 Jan 2021 - 03:33 pm
Indonesian navy divers stand on a rubber boat during the search and rescue operation for the Sriwijaya Air flight SJ 182, at the sea off the Jakarta coast, Indonesia, January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
India's top court suspends implementation of new farm laws 12 Jan 2021 - 12:30 pm
Police officers detain an activist of the youth wing of India's main opposition Congress party during a protest against new farm laws in New Delhi, India January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Washington tense as DHS Chief quits, FBI warns of armed protests 12 Jan 2021 - 11:35 am
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf before he testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 23, 2020. Greg Nash/Pool via Reuters/
Another Chinese city goes into lockdown amid new Covid-19 threat 12 Jan 2021 - 11:22 am
Volunteers stand at a checkpoint on a road leading into their village, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, on the outskirts of Beijing near the provincial border with Hebei province, China January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Taiwan reports two new domestically transmitted Covid-19 cases 12 Jan 2021 - 10:23 am
A customer wearing a protective mask, amid the coronavirus disease pandemic, waits for his order at a market in Taipei, Taiwan, January 6, 2021. Reuters/Ann Wang/File Photo
Facebook has no plans to lift Trump ban, Sandberg says 12 Jan 2021 - 10:20 am
FILE PHOTO: Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, delivers a speech during a visit in Paris, France, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
Senegal's hospitals stretched as Covid infections surge 12 Jan 2021 - 10:06 am
Professor Moussa Seydi, wearing his personal protective equipment (PPE) talks to a patient, who is suffering from coronavirus disease at the infectious diseases department of the University Hospital Fann, in Dakar, Senegal January 7, 2021. Reuters/ Zohra
Lebanon plans 11-day, 24-hour curfew, hospital beds fill up 12 Jan 2021 - 09:54 am
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'We're going to run out': New York urges U.S. to increase vaccine supply 12 Jan 2021 - 12:51 am
A woman arrives to line up to receive a dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a 24 hour vaccination center at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid