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Iran finds first case of new virus variant in traveller from UK 05 Jan 2021 - 04:47 pm
An Iranian woman wearing a protective mask amid the Covid-19 pandemic, walks past a street musician in the capital Tehran, on December 30, 2020. AFP / Atta Kenare
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
With US Senate at stake and Trump raging, Georgia votes in runoff elections 05 Jan 2021 - 04:26 pm
Republican US Senator David Perdue appears in a video as US President Donald Trump campaigns with Republican US Senator Kelly Loeffler on the eve of Georgia's run-off election in Dalton, Georgia, US, January 4, 2021. Reuters/Brian Snyder
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
Brazil to requisition syringes for COVID-19 vaccination plan 05 Jan 2021 - 04:19 pm
A nurse holds a dose of China's CoronaVac, a potential vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before administering it to a volunteer at Emilio Ribas Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil July 30, 2020. Picture taken July 30, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Pero
Oman registers first case of new virus variant in traveller from UK 05 Jan 2021 - 04:17 pm
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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
Indonesia mass vaccinations to begin Jan. 13, president to get first shot 05 Jan 2021 - 10:26 am
Armed police officers stand guard next to a truck containing Sinovac's vaccine for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during its distribution in Pekanbaru, Riau province, Indonesia, January 5, 2021 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/FB Anggoro vi
Brazil scrambles for India-made vaccines to jumpstart inoculations 05 Jan 2021 - 12:58 am
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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
Lebanon orders three-week lockdown to fight virus spread 05 Jan 2021 - 12:45 am
A man wearing a protective face mask waits to get tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beirut, Lebanon January 4, 2021. Picture taken January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
New York state reports first case of UK Covid-19 Variant 05 Jan 2021 - 12:37 am
An empty Times Square is seen during the virtual New Year's Eve event following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Major US airlines back 'global' COVID-19 testing requirements -letter 05 Jan 2021 - 12:26 am
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Top Georgia election official says White House pushed him to take Trump call 04 Jan 2021 - 10:40 pm
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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
Indian biotech company says approved COVID shot trials 'honest' 04 Jan 2021 - 08:34 pm
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