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Britain gets ready for roll-out of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine this week 06 Dec 2020 - 09:49 am
An NHS pharmacy technician holds a vial as she simulates the preparation of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, during a staff training session ahead of the vaccine's rollout next week, at the Royal Free Hospital in London on December 4, 2020. / AFP
Protesters return to French streets to denounce police violence; tear gas fired 05 Dec 2020 - 05:54 pm
A firefighter runs past a burning car during a protest against the
Spain to vaccinate up to 20 million against Covid by June 05 Dec 2020 - 03:40 pm
A healthcare worker attends to a COVID-19 coronavirus patient at the Intensive Unit Care of the Povisa Hospital in Vigo, northwestern Spain, on April 16, 2020.  AFP / MIGUEL RIOPA
Blank tribute to Salvini becomes Italian bestseller 05 Dec 2020 - 03:28 pm
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Moscow opens dozens of coronavirus vaccination centers 05 Dec 2020 - 02:58 pm
A nurse wearing a face mask proceeds to vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine at a clinic in Moscow on December 5, 2020, amid the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic.  AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV
German court upholds ban on coronavirus demonstration 05 Dec 2020 - 02:31 pm
File photo: A demonstrator holds a sign reading
British PM Johnson and EU chief seek to break Brexit impasse 05 Dec 2020 - 02:24 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson.   AFP
Cuddling in covid: 'Hug bubble' lets seniors feel the magic of touch 05 Dec 2020 - 01:05 pm
Marie-Paule and Marie-Josephe interact with their mother Colette, 97 old, behind a removable plastic sheet inside a bubble structure which allows families to give hugs without risk of contamination or transmission of Covid-19. Reuters/Pascal Rossignol
Moscow starts mass Covid-19 vaccination with its Sputnik V shot 05 Dec 2020 - 11:51 am
A nurse wearing a face mask proceeds to a vaccination against the coronavirus disease by Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine at a clinic in Moscow on December 5, 2020. AFP / Kirill Kudryavtsev
WHO warns virus crisis not over as vaccine rollout approaches 05 Dec 2020 - 10:21 am
(Files) This file photo taken on May 13, 2020, shows a member of the Covisan program testing a member of a family confined at home as they reported a suspected case of Covid-19, in Gennevilliers near Paris. AFP / Alain Jocard
Slopes stay open, singing banned as Swiss crack down on COVID-19 04 Dec 2020 - 08:16 pm
Swiss Interior Minister Alain Berset attends a news conference on the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bern, Switzerland, December 4, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
WHO's Tedros says concerned about perception pandemic is over 04 Dec 2020 - 08:03 pm
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of World Health Organization (WHO) speaks at the virtual 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA) following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2020. Christopher Black/WHO/Handou
Norway to use three vaccines to stop COVID-19 from early 2021 04 Dec 2020 - 05:06 pm
A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a
German firm's super-coolers to send vaccines around the world 04 Dec 2020 - 02:50 pm
Ultra-cold refrigerators filled with vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are pictured at a secret storage facility in the Rhein-Main area, Germany, December 4, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
Moscow launches online registration for COVID-19 vaccination 04 Dec 2020 - 02:13 pm
A nurse shows Russia's
WHO looks at e-certificates for Covid-19 vaccination 04 Dec 2020 - 12:37 pm
A medical worker fills a syringe with Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine before administering an injection during the vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a clinic in the town of Domodedovo near Moscow, Russia December 3, 2020. REUTERS
Italy tightens curbs for Christmas as COVID deaths hit record high 04 Dec 2020 - 12:29 am
A man wearing a protective mask looks on inside a shop on the day Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza lays out in parliament the government's plan for mass coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations and restrictions over the Christmas period, in Rom
Fauci apologises for casting doubt over UK's approval of Pfizer vaccine 04 Dec 2020 - 12:26 am
(FILES) In this file photo Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing in the James S. Brady Briefing Room of the White House on November 19, 2020./