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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
In recorded call, Trump pressures Georgia election official to change results - Washington Post 03 Jan 2021 - 11:55 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office after returning from Mar-A-Lago to the White House in Washington, U.S., December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
South Africa trying to get COVID-19 vaccines as soon as February, minister says 03 Jan 2021 - 08:58 pm
FILE PHOTO: A health worker holds a COVID-19 sample collection kit of a vaccine trials' volunteer, after they were tested for the coronavirus disease and take part in the country's human clinical trial for potential vaccines at the Wits RHI Shandukani Res
Jordan secures 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine - prime minister 03 Jan 2021 - 08:33 pm
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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 .
US Senate control, and Biden's agenda, at stake as Georgia runoff elections loom 03 Jan 2021 - 08:19 pm
FILE PHOTO: Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) and Senator David Perdue (R-GA), wave during a campaign event at the Olde Blind Dog Irish Pub, in Milton, Georgia, U.S., December 21, 2020.REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo
India's approval of homegrown vaccine criticised over lack of data 03 Jan 2021 - 07:29 pm
FILE PHOTO: A medic administers COVAXIN, an Indian government-backed experimental COVID-19 vaccine, to a health worker during its trials, at the Gujarat Medical Education & Research Society in Ahmedabad, India, November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Ph
'That's real:' Fauci rejects Trump claim that US coronavirus deaths overcounted 03 Jan 2021 - 07:14 pm
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Fauci says US Covid vaccine pace picking up after slow start 03 Jan 2021 - 07:11 pm
FILE PHOTO: Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks at an event where U.S. Vice President Mike Pence received the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the White House in Washington, U.S., Decem
Kuwait suspends direct commercial flights to and from UK as of Wednesday 03 Jan 2021 - 05:54 pm
People wait for their turn to be vaccinated for COVID-19 coronavirus at the make-shift vaccination centre erected at the Kuwait International Fairground in the Mishref suburb south of Kuwait City on December 29, 2020. / AFP / YASSER AL-ZAYYAT
Italian government totters as Conte, Renzi divide deepens 03 Jan 2021 - 04:58 pm
FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Zimbabwe returns to restrictions amid rise in virus cases 03 Jan 2021 - 03:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: Containers and other goods are sold beneath a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) awareness billboard at a marketplace in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
Kenya extends night curfew to March to curb COVID-19 spread 03 Jan 2021 - 02:33 pm
FILE PHOTO: A health worker holds a tube containing a sample during free mass testing for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya, October 17, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Germany poised to extend coronavirus lockdown 03 Jan 2021 - 02:19 pm
Police officers block the boulevard 'Strasse des 17. Juni' on which the New Year's Eve celebrations with thousands of people have usually taken place in previous years, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Berlin, Germany, December 31, 2
Tougher lockdown restriction likely on the way, says UK PM Johnson 03 Jan 2021 - 01:33 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson wearing a face mask leaves BBC Broadcasting House, in London, Britain January 3, 2021. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
Divers in 'Hanbok' send New Year greetings from underwater at South Korean aquarium 03 Jan 2021 - 01:15 pm
A girl wearing a mask poses for photographs in front of divers in Korean traditional costumes
Lonza gets Swiss OK to start Moderna vaccine production: Paper 03 Jan 2021 - 12:35 pm
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/File Photo
S.Korea says third wave of coronavirus being contained, fewest infections in nearly 4 weeks 03 Jan 2021 - 12:12 pm
A man reads a book while waiting in a line to undergo coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a coronavirus testing site which is temporarily set up in front of a railway station on Christmas day in Seoul, South Korea, December 25, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-J