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WHO alerts six African countries after Ebola outbreaks 16 Feb 2021 - 03:42 pm
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First 550,000 doses of Chinese Sinopharm's vaccine arrive in Hungary 16 Feb 2021 - 03:25 pm
A shipment of Chinese Sinopharm's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine arrives at Budapest Airport, Hungary, February 16, 2021. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (KKM)/Handout via REUTERS
India detects South African, Brazilian Covid variants 16 Feb 2021 - 03:03 pm
A man checks documents of a woman, outside a vaccination centre, in New Delhi, India, February 13, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Albania gets 7,020 more Pfizer shots, expects AstraZeneca in April 16 Feb 2021 - 02:12 pm
FILE PHOTO. People are disinfected before entering a market, as Albanian authorities take measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tirana, Albania April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Florion Goga
Germany plans to offer free rapid coronavirus tests from March 1 16 Feb 2021 - 01:44 pm
A woman wears a protective mask as she crosses a bridge in front of the skyline as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues during an extended lockdown and a demand by the German government for more home office possibilities in Frankfurt
Malaysia to kick off COVID-19 vaccination drive next week 16 Feb 2021 - 01:17 pm
A medical worker looks on at the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing centre in Kuala Lumpur Hospital, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia February 16, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
Japan to start inoculation drive Wednesday with 40,000 medical workers 16 Feb 2021 - 12:45 pm
Pedestrians wearing protective masks, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, make their way during commuting hour at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
Court orders Dutch government to scrap coronavirus curfew 16 Feb 2021 - 12:43 pm
People ice skate during a cold snap across the country at the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, Netherlands February 14, 2021. Reuters/Eva Plevier
South Korean spy agency says North Korea hackers tried stealing Pfizer vaccine know-how: Yonhap 16 Feb 2021 - 12:27 pm
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US forces in Iraq hit by rockets, contractor killed 16 Feb 2021 - 12:11 pm
Smoke rises over the Erbil, after reports of mortar shells landing near Erbil airport, Iraq February 15, 2021. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
UK to facilitate other countries' COVID vaccine passport plans: minister 16 Feb 2021 - 11:39 am
British Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain February 4, 2021. ?UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS
Australia to amend laws to make Google and Facebook pay 16 Feb 2021 - 11:34 am
FILE PHOTO: Smartphone with Google app icon is seen in front of the Australian flag in this illustration taken January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Syringe shortage hampers Japan's COVID-19 vaccination roll out 16 Feb 2021 - 11:13 am
Pedestrians wearing protective masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, make their way in Tokyo, Japan, February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
Australia approves AstraZeneca vaccine, bolstering inoculation programme 16 Feb 2021 - 10:50 am
A person crosses an empty street on the first day of a five-day lockdown implemented in the state of Victoria in response to a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Melbourne, Australia, February 13, 2021. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders
Cold snap leaves one dead, over 4 million without power in Texas 16 Feb 2021 - 10:38 am
Francisco Sanchez wipes snow off his car with a boogie board before going out sledding with his kids on Valentine's Day at Memorial Park in El Paso, Texas, U.S. February 14, 2021. Briana Sanchez/El Paso Times/USA Today Network via REUTERS.
Nearly 3 million customers without power as Texas freezes 15 Feb 2021 - 10:50 pm
FILE PHOTO: Wind turbines stand above the plains north of Amarillo, Texas, U.S., March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
Incoming WTO head warns 'vaccine nationalism' could slow pandemic recovery 15 Feb 2021 - 10:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala poses outside a Nigerian diplomatic residence in Chambesy, near Geneva, Switzerland, September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Emma Farge/File Photo
Colombia receives first COVID-19 shots, vaccination may begin early 15 Feb 2021 - 10:42 pm
DHL company vans transporting a batch of doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine enter the free zone, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Bogota, Colombia, February 15, 2021. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez