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A sick couple rushed to marry on UK COVID ward; now they have a second chance 22 Jan 2021 - 10:00 am
Lizzie Kerr, 31, and Simon O'Brien, 36, embrace in a Covid-19 ward, days after they married in an ICU (Intensive Care Unit) when both had become critically ill with the coronavirus disease, and were uncertain of their chances of surviving, in Milton Keyne
Biden lays out plans for COVID-19 testing, vaccinations and masks 21 Jan 2021 - 11:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, after his Inauguration as the 46th President of the United States, U.S., January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Spain's health minister to resign as COVID-19 cases hit new daily high 21 Jan 2021 - 11:50 pm
Health workers stand as they wait to take swab samples from young people for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) antigen test at Rey Juan Carlos University in Mostoles, Spain, January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
J&J vaccine trial has enough data to analyze soon: Fauci 21 Jan 2021 - 11:41 pm
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India parliament panel questions Facebook on WhatsApp's privacy terms 21 Jan 2021 - 11:24 pm
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Pfizer-BioNTech agree to supply WHO co-led COVID-19 vaccine scheme -sources 21 Jan 2021 - 11:17 pm
FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Biden launches sweeping COVID-19 changes on first full day in White House 21 Jan 2021 - 11:10 pm
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's plans to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic during a COVID-19 response event as Vice President Kamala Harris listens at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2021. REUTER
US House aims for early February COVID-19 relief bill vote 21 Jan 2021 - 10:15 pm
Representatives Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) participate in a vigil for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. Ja
Too early to say when COVID-19 lockdown will end, UK PM Johnson says 21 Jan 2021 - 10:05 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks to members of the media after being shown the Environment Agency's flood defence preparations during his visit to Withington in Manchester, as Storm Christoph brings heavy rains and flooding across the country,
Argentine president receives Russian-made COVID-19 vaccine 21 Jan 2021 - 09:46 pm
Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez gets vaccinated with the Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine at the Hospital Posadas, in Buenos Aires, Argentina January 21, 2021. Esteban Collazo/Argentine Presidency/Handout via REUTERS
US panel asks FBI to review role of Parler in Jan. 6 Capitol attack 21 Jan 2021 - 09:07 pm
The Parler website is seen before its shutdown in this still from video, January 10, 2021. REUTERS/Reuters TV
German scientists make paralyzed mice walk again 21 Jan 2021 - 09:03 pm
A mouse which recovered from paralysis is seen in a lab at Ruhr University, where scientists discovered a way to restore the ability to walk in mice that had been paralysed after a complete spinal cord injury, in Bochum, Germany, January 21, 2021. REUTERS
Mutant variants pose very high COVID risk in Europe, ECDC agency says 21 Jan 2021 - 08:50 pm
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China to gift half million doses of Sinopharm vaccine to Pakistan 21 Jan 2021 - 08:33 pm
A man wears a protective face mask as he walks among other people along a street, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Karachi, Pakistan June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
US House Speaker Pelosi says seeks clarity on Senate readiness for Trump impeachment trial 21 Jan 2021 - 08:14 pm
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks to reporters the day after U.S. President Joe Biden's inauguration as the 46th president of the United States, during her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2021. REUTERS/To
Russia plans to produce COVID-19 vaccine storable at fridge temperatures - minister 21 Jan 2021 - 07:55 pm
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Lebanon extends lockdown into February as virus numbers rise 21 Jan 2021 - 07:38 pm
A man wearing a face mask walks near the damaged grain silo, as Lebanon tightened lockdown and introduced a 24-hour curfew to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beirut, Lebanon, January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
South Africa to pay $5.25 a dose for AstraZeneca vaccine from India's SII 21 Jan 2021 - 07:13 pm
FILE PHOTO: Vials of AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, are seen before they are packaged inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, Pune, India, November 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo