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UK could give two doses of COVID vaccine to all adults by Sept, task force says 16 Feb 2021 - 11:41 pm
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Scottish pupils to begin returning to school from Monday 16 Feb 2021 - 11:30 pm
FILE PHOTO: First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon visits West Calder High School in West Calder, Scotland amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Britain August 10, 2020. Andy Buchanan/Pool via REUTERS
"We are like captives": life in Britain's quarantine hotels 16 Feb 2021 - 10:28 pm
A person holds a sign from a window of the Radisson Blu Hotel at Heathrow Airport, as Britain introduces hotel quarantine programme for arrivals from a
England identifies extra 1.7 million people vulnerable to COVID 16 Feb 2021 - 08:06 pm
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Dutch coronavirus cases rising again, driven by UK variant -health authorities 16 Feb 2021 - 07:47 pm
People ice skate during a cold snap across the country at the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, Netherlands February 14, 2021. REUTERS/Eva Plevier
EU regulator to give verdict on J&J COVID-19 vaccine by mid-March 16 Feb 2021 - 07:40 pm
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First 550,000 doses of Chinese Sinopharm's vaccine arrive in Hungary 16 Feb 2021 - 03:25 pm
A shipment of Chinese Sinopharm's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine arrives at Budapest Airport, Hungary, February 16, 2021. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (KKM)/Handout via REUTERS
Albania gets 7,020 more Pfizer shots, expects AstraZeneca in April 16 Feb 2021 - 02:12 pm
FILE PHOTO. People are disinfected before entering a market, as Albanian authorities take measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tirana, Albania April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Florion Goga
Germany plans to offer free rapid coronavirus tests from March 1 16 Feb 2021 - 01:44 pm
A woman wears a protective mask as she crosses a bridge in front of the skyline as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues during an extended lockdown and a demand by the German government for more home office possibilities in Frankfurt
Court orders Dutch government to scrap coronavirus curfew 16 Feb 2021 - 12:43 pm
People ice skate during a cold snap across the country at the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, Netherlands February 14, 2021. Reuters/Eva Plevier
UK to facilitate other countries' COVID vaccine passport plans: minister 16 Feb 2021 - 11:39 am
British Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain February 4, 2021. ?UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS
Czech Republic plans reopening of schools from March, with testing 15 Feb 2021 - 10:36 pm
FILE PHOTO: A teacher conducts an online class with pupils receiving distance education inside an empty classroom, as the Czech government shut all schools for two weeks to slow down the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a closed school in
Boris Johnson aims to ease lockdown, with schools back first 15 Feb 2021 - 09:36 pm
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a coronavirus pandemic media briefing at Downing Street, London, Britain February 15, 2021. Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS
WHO lists AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use 15 Feb 2021 - 07:14 pm
FILE PHOTO: A health official draws a dose of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, at Infectious Diseases Hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
J&J's vaccine implementation study in South Africa gets regulator nod 15 Feb 2021 - 03:53 pm
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Portugal's tourism sector slumps back to 1980s levels amid pandemic 15 Feb 2021 - 03:37 pm
Villagers wearing traditional costumes mark the Shrovetide Sunday festival on the empty street instead of the yearly crowded carnival which was prohibited due to lockdown restrictions amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Podence, Portugal.
UK PM Johnson says lockdown lifting will be cautious but irreversible 15 Feb 2021 - 02:42 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressees the media at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic briefing in Downing Street, London, Britain February 3, 2021. Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
England's quarantine hotels open in bid to keep COVID variants out 15 Feb 2021 - 12:55 pm
Travellers arrive at Heathrow Airport, as Britain introduces hotel quarantine programme for arrivals from a

Africa

A general view of the vaccine developed for a strain of the Ebola virus at the Provincial Laboratory of Ituri in the northeastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on September 19, 2026. Representational file photo. DR Congo launches major Ebola vaccine trial amid outbreak
This aerial view shows personell from the Kenya Defence Forces Disaster Response Battalion inspecting the rubble of a collapsed residential building that was still under construction in the Eastleigh neighborhood of Nairobi on October 23,2026. Photo by Tony Karumba / AFP Casualties feared as multi-storey building collapses in Nairobi: media
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(FILES) A health official works in the laboratory extraction room of the Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control in Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Irrua, Edo State, midwest Nigeria, on March 6, 2018. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP) WHO warns of 'complex' Ebola outbreak in Africa after spread to Nigeria

Americas

A Brazilian flag flies at sunset in Brasilia on October 24, 2026. (Photo by Pablo Porciuncula / AFP) More Lula, or back to the Bolsonaros? Brazil votes in cliffhanger
Brazil's presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro (L) and Brazil's President and presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pose before a presidential debate ahead of the election runoff in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 23, 2026. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP) Lula, Bolsonaro hold final rallies ahead of Brazil election
File photo of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Rubio urges Cubans to work with CIA, but warns: be discreet
Man leaving prison area while lowering his head due to nearby gunfire in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AFP file photo. El Salvador deploys special forces to Haiti after four soldiers went missing

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