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Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny at growing risk of kidney failure - medics union 17 Apr 2021 - 03:16 pm
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia February 20, 2021. Reuters/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
Madrid to host charity bullfight for matadors left jobless by COVID-19 17 Apr 2021 - 02:55 pm
File photo: Spanish bullfighter Octavio Chacon performs a pass to a bull during the last bullfight of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, July 14, 2019. Reuters/Susana Vera/File Photo
Pfizer CEO sees need for third Covid vaccine booster dose likely within 12 months 17 Apr 2021 - 01:33 pm
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Worldwide COVID-19 death toll tops a staggering 3 million 17 Apr 2021 - 11:33 am
Passersby wearing protective face masks are seen through a road decoration amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan April 16, 2021. Picture taken April 16, 2021. REUTERS
List of mourners attending the funeral of Prince Philip 17 Apr 2021 - 11:25 am
Flowers are pictured outside Windsor Castle on the day of the funeral of Britain's Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, who died at the age of 99, in Windsor, near London, Britain April 17, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra
Madrid may shut down mass vaccination centres unless more shots arrive 16 Apr 2021 - 08:20 pm
People queue to receive the AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a new mass vaccination centre in WiZink sports arena in Madrid, Spain, April 9, 2021. REUTERS/Sergio Perez/File Photo
Pregnant women in UK told to have Pfizer or Moderna vaccines 16 Apr 2021 - 08:14 pm
Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Germany's Merkel receives shot of AstraZeneca COVID vaccine 16 Apr 2021 - 04:53 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag debating the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) measures, in Berlin, Germany, April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi
Hundreds queue up as Latvia offers walk-in AstraZeneca shots 16 Apr 2021 - 04:14 pm
People queue up outside a mass vaccination centre as Latvia opens walk in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination scheme in Riga, Latvia, April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Janis Laizans?
Merkel says lockdowns, curfews vital to break Germany's third wave 16 Apr 2021 - 12:44 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag debating the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) measures, in Berlin, Germany, April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi
WHO chief says COVID-19 infection rate approaching highest of pandemic so far 16 Apr 2021 - 12:33 pm
FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the
'You can't clone us': Polish doctors cry for help as COVID deaths spike 16 Apr 2021 - 12:28 pm
Medical staff members work inside the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) intensive care ward at the Stefan Zeromski hospital in Krakow, Poland, April 14, 2021. Picture taken April 14, 2021. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Fit for, and designed by, a prince: Philip's Land Rover funeral hearse 15 Apr 2021 - 10:26 pm
The Jaguar Land Rover that will be used to transport the coffin of Britain's Prince Philip at his funeral on April 17, 2021, is seen at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, Britain. Steve Parsons/Pool via REUTERS
CureVac's COVID-19 vaccine attracts rising interest 15 Apr 2021 - 08:33 pm
A volunteer receives a dose of CureVac vaccine or a placebo during a study by the German biotech firm CureVac as part of a testing for a new vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Brussels, Belgium March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File P
Norway postpones decision on AstraZeneca vaccine 15 Apr 2021 - 06:04 pm
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EMA starts review of GSK's monoclonal antibody to treat COVID-19 patients 15 Apr 2021 - 05:32 pm
Company logo of pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline is seen at their Stevenage facility, Britain October 26, 2020. REUTERS/Matthew Childs/File Photo
WHO says Denmark looking to share AstraZeneca vaccines after halting shots 15 Apr 2021 - 02:57 pm
Tanja Erichsen of the Danish Medicines Agency (R) and Director of the National Board of Health, Soeren Brostroem explain why the AstraZeneca vaccine is stopped in Denmark during a press briefing in Copenhagen, Denmark, April 14, 2021. Philip Davali/Ritzau
Europe has surpassed 1 million COVID-19 deaths: WHO 15 Apr 2021 - 02:06 pm
FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus outbreak, in GENEVA, Switzerland, February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo