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Serbia gets first batch of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine 22 Dec 2020 - 03:26 pm
Medical workers receive the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines at The Institute of Virology, Vaccines and Sera
BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine heads to EU as effectiveness against new strain tested 22 Dec 2020 - 03:12 pm
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
Britain tells shoppers food is plentiful despite freight halt 22 Dec 2020 - 02:26 pm
Police officers speak to a driver in one of lorries parked on the M20 motorway towards Eurotunnel and the Port of Dover, as EU countries impose a travel ban from the UK following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Folkestone, Britain, Decembe
Pfizer, Moderna testing their vaccines against UK coronavirus variant: CNN 22 Dec 2020 - 01:50 pm
Walgreens Pharmacist Jessica Sahni holds the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at The New Jewish Home in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Yuki Iwamura
WHO Europe to convene member states over new virus variant 22 Dec 2020 - 12:53 pm
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UK govt borrowing soars further on virus spending 22 Dec 2020 - 12:23 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on December 21, 2020, after a string of countries banned travellers and all but unaccompanied freight arriving from the UK, due to t
BioNTech says can make mutation-beating vaccine in six weeks 22 Dec 2020 - 12:15 pm
Ugur Sahin, CEO and co-founder of German biotech firm BioNTech, is interviewed by journalists in Marburg, Germany September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo
Sweden blocks travel from Denmark over new virus strain 21 Dec 2020 - 07:31 pm
The border crossing between Sweden and Denmark at Oresund bridge is seen after the Swedish government decided to close it to visitors, to fight the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Malmo, Sweden, December 21, 2020. TT News Agency/Johan Nilsson
Pfizer, BioNTech Covid vaccine wins european backing 21 Dec 2020 - 06:44 pm
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Explainer: The new coronavirus variant in Britain: How worrying is it? 21 Dec 2020 - 05:04 pm
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Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce partnership with food charity 21 Dec 2020 - 04:00 pm
Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, leave Canada House in London, Britain January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Swiss impose entry ban for travelers from UK, South Africa 21 Dec 2020 - 02:54 pm
People walk in the shopping street during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lausanne, Switzerland, December 17, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Russia to suspend UK flights for one week due to new virus strain 21 Dec 2020 - 02:46 pm
A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus disease walks along a street in the town of Chekhov, some 70 km outside Moscow, on December 21, 2020. / AFP / Yuri KADOBNOV
Atmosphere tense for UK passengers held at German airports 21 Dec 2020 - 12:26 pm
File photo taken on May 1, 2020 shows aircraft grounded due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including planes operated by British Airways, on the apron at London Gatwick Airport near Crawley, southern England. AFP / Ben Stansall
Flights from Britain to Poland to be halted on Monday night 21 Dec 2020 - 08:56 am
An international high-speed Eurostar train is seen at a platform in St Pancras International railway station in London on December 20, 2020. AFP / Niklas HALLE'N
Italy to suspend flights to and from UK over virus fears: Foreign minister 20 Dec 2020 - 04:20 pm
A traveller looks at train departure boards in an almost deserted concourse at Charing Cross train station in London on December 20, 2020. AFP / Niklas HALLE'N
U.K.’s Hancock says new Covid mutation is ‘out of control’ 20 Dec 2020 - 01:59 pm
Christmas illuminations are seen above shoppers on Regent Street in the main high-street shopping area of London on December 15, 2020 ahead of fresh measures for the capital amid rising novel coronavirus infection rates. AFP / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS
Belgium suspends UK flights, trains over virus variant 20 Dec 2020 - 01:57 pm
A pedestrian, wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, walks through an almost deserted concourse at Charing Cross train station in London on December 20, 2020.  AFP / Niklas HALLE'N