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Thailand signs supply deals for AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine 27 Nov 2020 - 02:51 pm
Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha attends an agreement signing ceremony for purchase of AstraZeneca's potential COVID-19 vaccine at Government House, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bangkok, Thailand November 27, 2020. RE
Former Berlin airport gets new life as vaccination centre 27 Nov 2020 - 02:26 pm
Albrecht Broemme, head coordinator of the six coronavirus vaccination centres that will be set up in Berlin, poses before an AFP interview at the former Tegel airport in Berlin on November 25, 2020. By mid-December 2020, the terminal C of the former West
Malaysia secures Pfizer vaccine in a first for Southeast Asia 27 Nov 2020 - 02:20 pm
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Five COVID-19 patients killed in Indian hospital fire 27 Nov 2020 - 01:59 pm
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Philippines secures 2.6 mln doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine 27 Nov 2020 - 01:26 pm
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Brazil's Bolsonaro says won't take virus vaccine 27 Nov 2020 - 01:14 pm
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
S.Korea foils N.Korea attempt to hack COVID-19 vaccine makers 27 Nov 2020 - 12:49 pm
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Australia braces for first major heat wave of fire season 27 Nov 2020 - 12:27 pm
A kangaroo jumps in a field amidst smoke from a bushfire in Snowy Valley on the outskirts of Cooma on January 4, 2020. AFP / SAEED KHAN
Trump says he will leave office -- if Biden victory is confirmed 27 Nov 2020 - 12:16 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a Thanksgiving video teleconference with members of the military forces at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott
Pharma firm in India to make Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine 27 Nov 2020 - 12:09 pm
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Clashes erupt as farmers blocked from entering Delhi to protest over new law 27 Nov 2020 - 11:57 am
Farmers gather on a bridge as police block a road during a march to India's capital New Delhi to protest against the central government's recent agricultural reforms, on the outskirts of Ambala on November 26, 2020. / AFP / -
Symptomless and spreading, South Korea battles surge in silent COVID-19 cases 27 Nov 2020 - 10:34 am
Medical staff members wearing protective gear take samples for the Covid-19 test from visitors at a testing station in SEOUL on November 27, 2020. / AFP / Jung Yeon-je
Russia's Sputnik V developers call on AstraZeneca to try combining vaccines 26 Nov 2020 - 11:31 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 10, 2020 a nurse prepares to inoculate volunteer Ilya Dubrovin, 36, with Russia's new coronavirus vaccine in a post-registration trials at a clinic in Moscow. Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is 95 perce
Sao Paulo may use Sinovac vaccine without Brazil regulator's approval, governor says 26 Nov 2020 - 11:09 pm
FILE PHOTO: Brazil's Sao Paulo state governor, Joao Doria, and director of Instituto Butantan, Dimas Tadeu Covas, hold boxes of the China's Sinovac vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a cargo plane containing the vaccines arrives at Sao
Africa lacks preparedness for virus vaccine roll-out : WHO 26 Nov 2020 - 08:29 pm
FILE PHOTO: A member of the medical staff dressed in a protective suit holds a syringe as he treats a coronavirus disease patient inside the COVID-19 ICU of Machakos Level 5 Hospital, in Machakos, Kenya October 28, 2020. Picture taken October 28, 2020. RE
CEO says AstraZeneca likely to run new global trial of COVID-19 vaccine -Bloomberg News 26 Nov 2020 - 07:58 pm
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Disney increases planned layoffs to 32,000 as virus hits park attendance 26 Nov 2020 - 07:55 pm
Cheryl Ooley and Stephanie Horning wait to get inside Disney California Adventure as its retail stores and restaurants partially reopened without rides during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Anaheim, California, U.S., November 19, 2
America celebrates scaled-back Thanksgiving as COVID-19 surges 26 Nov 2020 - 07:51 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 24, 2020, people take photos of Thanksgiving decorations at Macy's Herald Square store in New York City. Thanksgiving is an official American holiday that celebrates one of the country's founding myths. It is f