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WHO decision challenges West to recognize Chinese vaccines 01 Jul 2021 - 04:10 pm
A health care worker prepares a dose of China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during the mass vaccination program at the Tangerang City Government Center, in Tangerang on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, June 30, 2021
Curevac says speaking to EU about ideal region to use vaccine 01 Jul 2021 - 04:06 pm
An employee of German biopharmaceutical company CureVac, demonstrates research workflow on a vaccine for the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease at a laboratory in Tuebingen, Germany, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert/File Photo
Gap to close all UK, Ireland stores; shifts business online 01 Jul 2021 - 03:58 pm
People walk past a Gap store on Oxford Street in London, Britain, July 1, 2021. REUTERS/John Sibley
Vietnam seeks to boost testing as coronavirus cases hit record 01 Jul 2021 - 03:54 pm
A health worker closes a tube with the coronavirus test sample of a journalist in preparation for the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, which will take place from January 25 to 28, at the Government Guesthouse in Hanoi, Vietnam Jan
Detained US journalist says he is okay as Myanmar case adjourned 01 Jul 2021 - 03:39 pm
Managing editor for Frontier Myanmar Danny Fenster. The 37-year-old American is currently detained in Myanmar.
Trump company's CFO surrenders ahead of expected unveiling of criminal tax charges 01 Jul 2021 - 03:24 pm
Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg looks on as then-U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, U.S., May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri//File Photo
Africa faces worst week of pandemic as delta variant spreads 01 Jul 2021 - 03:09 pm
FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks sit ahead of a vaccination, as South Africa rolls out the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to the elderly at the Munsieville Care for the Aged Centre outside Johannesburg, South Africa May 17, 2021. REUTE
Malaysia to impose tighter coronavirus restrictions in capital 01 Jul 2021 - 02:50 pm
People wearing protective masks ride across a street outside an area under enhanced lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
Russia launches booster shots amid soaring infections 01 Jul 2021 - 02:50 pm
FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker holds a syringe with the one-dose Sputnik Light vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a vaccination centre at a city market in Moscow, Russia, June 30, 2021. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
Nine police among 17 hurt in illegal fireworks blast in Los Angeles 01 Jul 2021 - 02:34 pm
A damaged vehicle is seen at the site of an explosion after police attempted to safely detonate illegal fireworks that were seized, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 30, 2021. REUTERS/David Swanson
Some European countries to allow travellers from India inoculated with Covishield - Indian govt sources 01 Jul 2021 - 01:15 pm
A man displays a vial AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD vaccine as the country receives its first batch of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines under COVAX scheme, in Accra, Ghana February 24, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo/File Photo
WHO warns of third coronavirus wave in Europe 01 Jul 2021 - 12:42 pm
A logo is pictured at the World Health Organization (WHO) building in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Turkey returns to normal with lifting Covid-19 restrictions 01 Jul 2021 - 12:36 pm
File photo/ Reuters
Thailand's 'paradise island' Phuket reopens to tourists 01 Jul 2021 - 12:25 pm
Hotel drivers wait for passengers at the airport, as Phuket reopens to overseas tourists, allowing foreigners fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to visit the resort island without quarantine, in Phuket, Thailand July 1, 2021. REUT
Philippines raises volcano danger level, residents urged to evacuate 01 Jul 2021 - 12:18 pm
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Moscow begins booster vaccine campaign as Russia's COVID-19 cases surge 01 Jul 2021 - 12:11 pm
A healthcare worker holds a syringe with the one-dose Sputnik Light vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a vaccination centre at a city market in Moscow, Russia, June 30, 2021. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo
Tokyo mom creates COVID-19 vaccination database amid information vacuum 01 Jul 2021 - 12:01 pm
LaShawn Toyoda, a 36-year-old American working mother in Japan who has created a digital database on clinics offering coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination shots, is pictured in Tokyo, Japan, June 30, 2021. LaShawn Toyoda/via REUTERS
Forget-me-not: London palace's garden redesigned for Diana statue 01 Jul 2021 - 10:50 am
A box covers the statue of Britain's Princess Diana installed in the Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace in London, Britain, June 30, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls