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Human trials of British coronavirus vaccine to widen to 10,000 22 May 2020 - 01:38 pm
A scientist examines COVID-19 infected cells under a microscope during research for a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a laboratory May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
Your bubble is ready: plastic pods offer solution for COVID dining 21 May 2020 - 12:16 pm
A woman poses under a Plex'Eat prototype plexiglas bubble by designer Christophe Gernigon which surrounds diners to protect them from the novel coronavirus during a presentation in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, near Paris, as restaurants in France prepare to re-
EasyJet to restart some flights in June with compulsory masks 21 May 2020 - 12:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: An Easyjet plane takes off from Manchester Airport in Manchester, Britain January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
UK healthcare workers begin COVID-19 hydroxychloroquine trial 21 May 2020 - 11:38 am
A pharmacy tech holds a bottle and a pill of Hydroxychloroquine at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, on May 20, 2020. US President Donald Trump announced May 18 he has been taking hydroxychloroquine for almost two weeks as a preventative measure agains
WHO reports most coronavirus cases in a day as cases near 5 million 20 May 2020 - 07:44 pm
A lab assistant manipulates samples, at a COVID-19 screening centre of Saint Andre Hospital in Bordeaux, on May 20, 2020. AFP / GEORGES GOBET
UK to study whether dogs can detect COVID-19 20 May 2020 - 01:12 pm
AFP / JOEL SAGET
Russia reports record high daily virus death toll 20 May 2020 - 12:32 pm
A woman wearing a mask as a precaution against coronavirus walks at a street in Moscow, Russia on May 19, 2020.  Sefa Karacan - Anadolu
Climate change is turning Antarctica green, study finds 20 May 2020 - 12:27 pm
Muli-colored snow algae on Anchorage Island, in Antarctica.
WHO faces virus probe after Trump threat 20 May 2020 - 11:49 am
The headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) are pictured during the World Health Assembly (WHA) following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Spain makes masks compulsory in public, even for children 20 May 2020 - 11:13 am
People wearing face masks walk on a crosswalk, as some Spanish provinces are allowed to ease lockdown restrictions during phase one, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Valencia, Spain May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Britain's Rolls-Royce to cut 9,000 jobs amid air travel slump 20 May 2020 - 10:03 am
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UK virus toll over 40,000, with 10,000 care homes deaths 19 May 2020 - 04:35 pm
Domestic Jane Shackleton mops the floor on the Postnatal Ward at the Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre at Burnley General Hospital in East Lancashire, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Burnley, Britain, May 15, 2020. Pictu
Spain lifts ban on flights from Italy, but tourism still off cards 19 May 2020 - 12:54 pm
:Picture shows the terminal 4 of the Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suarez airport in Barajas on May 16, 2020.  AFP / GABRIEL BOUYS
Russia coronavirus cases edge towards 300,000 19 May 2020 - 12:34 pm
:Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stand in a hall of Vinogradov City Clinical Hospital, which delivers treatment to coronavirus patients, in Moscow on May 17, 2020. / AFP / Dimitar DILKOFF
UK MPs criticise 'inadequate' govt virus testing 19 May 2020 - 11:46 am
:A sign on the concourse advises passengers to adhere to social distancing at Waterloo Train station in central London on May 18, 2020. AFP / Ben STANSALL
UK unemployment jumps on virus fallout 19 May 2020 - 11:17 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 12, 2011 a Job Centre Plus sign is pictured in central London. British unemployment jumped in the first quarter on the back of coronavirus, despite a lockdown being imposed only near the end of the period, offic
UK adds loss of smell and taste to COVID-19 symptom list 18 May 2020 - 06:07 pm
The website of the Virtual RHA Chelsea Flower Show is seen displayed on a laptop computer, in Brenchley, south east England on May 18, 2020, after the pandemic forced the cancellation of the show, the gardening showpiece event has been taken on-line. AFP
UK expands virus testing; anyone over 5 with symptoms now eligible 18 May 2020 - 06:04 pm
A woman enjoys the sunshine by water fountains in Trafalgar Square in central London on May 18, 2020. AFP / Tolga Akmen

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