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Ireland to replace British travel ban with stricter testing: Minister 01 Jan 2021 - 08:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney and his German counterpart Heiko Maas (not pictured) attend a news conference in Berlin, Germany, December 11, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
UK reactivates emergency hospitals as coronavirus cases surge 01 Jan 2021 - 07:38 pm
Cars enter the testing centre amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Milton Keynes, Britain, January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Boyers
Italy reports 462 coronavirus deaths on Friday, 22,211 new cases 01 Jan 2021 - 07:15 pm
A man crosses a street near the Colosseum on New Year's Day amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Rome, Italy January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Norway lifts ban on flights from Britain introduced due to virus variant 01 Jan 2021 - 04:55 pm
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BioNTech founders warn of vaccine supply gaps - Spiegel 01 Jan 2021 - 12:49 pm
FILE PHOTO: CEO and co-founder of BioNTech, Ugur Sahin, answers journalists' questions after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved its COVID-19 vaccine, at the company headquarters in Mainz, Germany December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Ph
World Health Organization lists Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for emergency use 01 Jan 2021 - 11:41 am
A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at a large vaccination centre open by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality and Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center on December 31, 2020 in the Israeli coastal city./ AFP / JACK GUEZ
Putin urges unity in 2021 as second wave batters Russia 31 Dec 2020 - 08:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his annual end-of-year news conference, held online in a video conference mode, at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia December 17, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin
England readies Nightingale field hospitals as cases surge 31 Dec 2020 - 07:44 pm
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Search continues for survivors after major Norway landslide 31 Dec 2020 - 03:52 pm
A helicopter flies over Ask in Gjerdrum municipality on December 31, 2020, one day after a major landslide and clay landslide. A major landslide destroyed homes overnight to December 30, 2020 in the village of Ask in Norway close to the capital Oslo, leav
British PM Johnson's father applying for French citizenship 31 Dec 2020 - 01:28 pm
FILE PHOTO: Stanley Johnson, father of Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is seen in Westminster, in London, Britain September 24, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Russia signs Bolivia vaccine deal but confusion remains over dosages 31 Dec 2020 - 12:26 am
A nurse prepares dose of the Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) Covid-19 vaccine for a patient at a clinic in Moscow on December 30, 2020, as the country started its vaccination campaign for people aged 60 and over, to fight against the spread of the novel coronav
Netherlands sticks to plan to start COVID-19 vaccinations by Jan. 8 31 Dec 2020 - 12:03 am
An employee walks past portacabins in the Expo Houten, in Houten on December 30, 2020, as part of the locations setting-up for the Dutch national Covid-19 vaccination campaign to fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus. / AFP / ANP / Sem van der
Study suggests Italy's COVID-19 death toll is higher than reported 30 Dec 2020 - 08:18 pm
A general view shows an empty street with trulli, limestone buildings of Alberobello, a World Heritage Site, lit up with Christmas lights, as Italy goes back to a complete lockdown during Christmas season as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coron
UK widens English lockdowns as COVID variant surges 30 Dec 2020 - 08:06 pm
People watch the sunset ahead of the start of tier 4 restrictions as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, at Quayside in Newcastle, Britain December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Lee Smith
Link between COVID-19 shot, Swiss death 'highly unlikely' - drugs regulator 30 Dec 2020 - 07:26 pm
FILE PHOTO / REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Ukraine to buy 2 mln doses of China's CoronaVac vaccine 30 Dec 2020 - 07:20 pm
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"Where shall we go?", families ask after Croatia quake 30 Dec 2020 - 03:28 pm
Picture taken on December 30, 2020 shows the rubble of a destroyed building in the village of Majske Poljane, where 5 people died, some 50kms from Zagreb, a day after the region was hit by a 6.4-magnitude quake. AFP / Damir Sencar
Germany set for longer lockdown as death figures spike 30 Dec 2020 - 03:20 pm
People queue in front of one of Berlin's 6 vaccination centres in Treptow, eastern Berlin, amid a Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, on December 29, 2020. / AFP / John MACDOUGALL