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Italy considers legal action over Pfizer vaccine delivery delays 20 Jan 2021 - 08:13 pm
FILE PHOTO: Members of the media wait outside Prime Minister's office, Chigi Palace, in Rome, Italy, January 13, 2021. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo
Netherlands proposes first curfew since World War Two, flight bans 20 Jan 2021 - 08:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: Tables and chairs are stacked on an empty shopping street as Netherlands is set to extend the lockdown as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Rotterdam, Netherlands January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File
Mayor: Madrid blast kills 2; apparently linked to gas leak 20 Jan 2021 - 05:58 pm
Fire fighters work after an explosion in Madrid downtown, Spain January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Loud explosion rocks central Madrid; rescue teams to site 20 Jan 2021 - 05:37 pm
Smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Madrid downtown, in Madrid Spain January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Pfizer vaccine appears effective against coronavirus variant found in Britain: Study 20 Jan 2021 - 02:01 pm
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Germany extends lockdown to Feb. 14 on fears of COVID variants 20 Jan 2021 - 12:05 am
People wear face masks as they walk past a bus during lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Berlin, Germany, January 19, 2021. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Brazilian firm plans to export Russian COVID vaccine to South America 19 Jan 2021 - 11:35 pm
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Pandemic could be WHO's Chernobyl moment for reform - review panel 19 Jan 2021 - 08:37 pm
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Italy police recover stolen painting; museum unaware of theft 19 Jan 2021 - 08:13 pm
Police officers stand next to a recovered 500-year-old painting titled 'Salvator Mundi' from the school of Leonardo da Vinci, which was stolen from a museum collection in the Basilica di San Domenico Maggiore and was discovered by police in an apartment i
European countries struggle to make most of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses 19 Jan 2021 - 07:51 pm
Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines are seen at Sao Jose Hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, January 19, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
Spain to extend COVID furlough scheme until May 19 Jan 2021 - 07:43 pm
Pedestrians wearing face masks cross a street in the city center, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Barcelona, Spain, January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Albert Gea
Already in lockdown, Dutch to toughen COVID-19 measures 19 Jan 2021 - 07:31 pm
FILE PHOTO: People walk on an empty street as Netherlands has gone into lockdown as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Amsterdam, Netherlands December 15 2020, REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
Portugal in 'tough marathon', says PM, as COVID-19 deaths hit new daily record 19 Jan 2021 - 07:05 pm
FILE PHOTO: An ambulance carrying a COVID-19 patient is seen outside Santa Maria Hospital, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Lisbon, Portugal, January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo
Russia's second vaccine '100% effective', watchdog tells media 19 Jan 2021 - 02:38 pm
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Germany to extend lockdown to mid-Feb on fears of COVID variants 19 Jan 2021 - 01:30 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a session at the lower house of parliament Bundestag on the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations, in Berlin, Germany, January 13, 2021. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi/File Photo
British hospitals use blockchain to track COVID-19 vaccines 19 Jan 2021 - 12:08 pm
A sign of a NHS vaccination centre is seen, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wembley, London, Britain, January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Matthew Childs
UK's Johnson criticised over lack of COVID-19 welfare commitment 19 Jan 2021 - 12:13 am
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a media briefing on the coronavirus pandemic in Downing Street, London, Britain January 15, 2021. Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS
Independent pandemic review panel critical of China, WHO delays 18 Jan 2021 - 10:58 pm
FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market, where the first cluster of cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged, in Wuhan, Hubei province, , China, January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo