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Germany records higher number of excess deaths since September 09 Dec 2021 - 03:56 pm
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WHO's advisory panel outlines recommendations for boosters 09 Dec 2021 - 01:24 pm
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Danes orders eateries to close early, bans large concerts 09 Dec 2021 - 11:34 am
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Few Europeans want a return to 9-5 at office after pandemic, survey shows 09 Dec 2021 - 11:23 am
Barbara Temperley, 42, works from her home office, in Buenos Aires, Argentina September 6, 2021. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File Photo
Acting now on COVID will help avoid lockdown later, Britain's Javid says 09 Dec 2021 - 10:42 am
British Health Secretary Sajid Javid speaks on COVID-19 situation in Parliament in London, Britain December 8, 2021. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS
Omicron four times more transmissible than Delta in Japan: Study 09 Dec 2021 - 10:31 am
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Finnish PM, two ministers failed to isolate after coronavirus exposure 08 Dec 2021 - 11:32 pm
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin holds a news conference outside the Finnish Parliament building in Helsinki, Finland December 8, 2021. Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva/via REUTERS
Johnson imposes COVID-19 'Plan B' in England to contain Omicron 08 Dec 2021 - 09:39 pm
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Act now to curb Omicron's spread, WHO's Tedros tells world 08 Dec 2021 - 08:27 pm
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Sweden asks Norway to help as fire on timber ship threatens to spread 08 Dec 2021 - 08:09 pm
Firefighting boats work as timber cargo burns on the Liberian-flagged Almirante Storni bulk carrier, off Gothenburg, Sweden December 4, 2021 in this image obtained from social media. Picture taken December 4, 2021. Mikael Holst Mattsson via REUTERS/Files
Slovakia to re-open shops for vaccinated, others face longer lockdown 08 Dec 2021 - 08:01 pm
FILE PHOTO: Health workers are seen at work as the Slovak government mandates further restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19), in Trencin, Slovakia, November 25, 2021. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa/File Photo
UK PM Johnson aide resigns over lockdown party comments 08 Dec 2021 - 07:56 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain, December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
Pfizer, BioNTech say third dose neutralizes Omicron variant 08 Dec 2021 - 03:18 pm
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'I'm so happy': first person to get fully-tested COVID-19 shot says one year on 08 Dec 2021 - 02:20 pm
Margaret Keenan, 90, is applauded by staff as she returns to her ward after becoming the first person in Britain to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at University Hospital, at the start of the largest ever immunisation programme in the British history, in Coventry, Britain December 8, 2020. Jacob King/Pool via REUTERS
Social Democrat Olaf Scholz elected as German chancellor 08 Dec 2021 - 12:46 pm
Designated German Chancellor Olaf Scholz receives applause during a session of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag to elect a new chancellor, in Berlin, Germany, December 8, 2021. Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch
Spanish police officers brave frozen reservoir to rescue dog 08 Dec 2021 - 12:44 pm
Spanish police rescue a dog from a frozen reservoir in the municipality of Canfranc in Spain, in this still image taken from a handout video obtained by Reuters on December 8, 2021. Spanish Police/Handout via REUTERS
London officially has the world’s worst traffic 08 Dec 2021 - 11:57 am
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Hardest hit German state Saxony to give COVID-19 shot to younger children early 07 Dec 2021 - 08:26 pm
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