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UK needs tighter COVID rules to avert new "catastrophe", epidemiologist warns 29 Dec 2020 - 12:58 pm
Vehicles drive past a roadside public health information sign, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, near Oxford, Britain, December 28, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Spain to create a register of people who refuse Covid-19 vaccine 29 Dec 2020 - 11:36 am
An elderly woman receives an injection with a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at Vallecas nursing home, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Madrid, Spain December 27, 2020. Comunidad de Madrid/Handout via Reuters
Russia to test new COVID-19 antibody drug in new year 28 Dec 2020 - 10:33 pm
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Spain to keep registry of people who refuse Covid vaccine 28 Dec 2020 - 09:03 pm
A health worker prepares an injection with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, at Balafia nursing home, in Lleida, Spain, December 27, 2020. REUTERS/Albert Gea
Russia reports more than 186,000 coronavirus deaths 28 Dec 2020 - 07:55 pm
People wearing face masks look at the Christmas decorations while shopping in Moscow on December 28, 2020, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. Russia confirmed 27,787 new daily Covid-19 cases including 6,253 in Moscow. / AFP / Al
Hungary receives 6,000 doses of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine 28 Dec 2020 - 07:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: A view shows vials during the production of Gam-COVID-Vac, also known as Sputnik-V, vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a facility of BIOCAD biotechnology company in Saint Petersburg, Russia December 4, 2020. Picture taken De
German care home workers given five times vaccine dose 28 Dec 2020 - 07:15 pm
A medical worker carries a box of vials containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19, coronavirus vaccine during an inoculation program at a care home in Grossraeschen, eastern Germany , on December 27, 2020. / AFP / POOL / FABRIZIO BENSCH
Finland finds first patients with new coronavirus variants 28 Dec 2020 - 04:13 pm
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17 fishermen feared dead after trawler sinks in Arctic Russia 28 Dec 2020 - 04:00 pm
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Pfizer to complete supply of COVID-19 vaccines to EU by September 28 Dec 2020 - 03:16 pm
A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a
Small delay in Pfizer vaccine deliveries to 8 EU nations: Spain 28 Dec 2020 - 02:29 pm
A nurse prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, during a vaccination operation at the
EU nations unanimously back post-Brexit trade deal with UK 28 Dec 2020 - 02:13 pm
This file photograph taken on December 10, 2020, shows the flags of the United Kingdom and the European Union next to the
Britain to restrict promotion of unhealthy food from April 2022 28 Dec 2020 - 02:05 pm
Chips are seen at Hawksmoor, Seven Dials on the opening day of
Approval of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID shot could help relax COVID restrictions, British minister says 28 Dec 2020 - 11:32 am
AstraZeneca's logo is reflected in a drop on a syringe needle in this illustration taken November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Thousands without power, planes delayed as storm Bella lashes France 27 Dec 2020 - 08:23 pm
High waves and strong winds hit the coast of Le Becquet, northwestern France on December 27, 2020, as storm Bella strikes the coast of Britanny and Normandy. / AFP / Sameer Al-DOUMY
Millions face new UK virus restrictions; border chaos eases 27 Dec 2020 - 06:26 pm
Members of the public enjoy a stroll on Hampstead Heath in London on December 27, 2020, as Londoners continue to live under Tier 4 lockdown restrictions. (AFP / Tolga Akmen)
Putin decides to receive coronavirus vaccine: Kremlin 27 Dec 2020 - 04:20 pm
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 via REUTERS
German pilot makes point with syringe in the sky 27 Dec 2020 - 03:26 pm
A flightradar24.com handout photo received on December 27, 2020 shows the flight track for a D-ENIG plane that traced a syringe on the maps in Germany to celebrate the arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine. The flight between Friedrichshafen and Ulm took place on