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Ardern vows to quit if she loses New Zealand election 15 Oct 2020 - 11:03 am
FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses her supporters at a Labour Party event in Wellington, New Zealand, October 11, 2020. Reuters/Praveen Menon/File Photo
China's Sinopharm offers experimental COVID-19 vaccines to students: WSJ 15 Oct 2020 - 10:56 am
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Philippines eyes Sinovac trial as early as November 15 Oct 2020 - 10:47 am
A worker performs a quality check in the packaging facility of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech, developing an experimental coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a government-organized media tour in Beijing, China, September 24, 2020. REUTER
Thailand bans protests as challenge to establishment escalates 15 Oct 2020 - 08:52 am
Barricades are set up near the Ratchaprasong junction ahead of a proposed gathering by pro-democracy protesters in Bangkok on October 15, 2020, after Thailand issued an emergency decree. / AFP / Jack Taylor
Top US health official Fauci says Trump no longer coronavirus contagious -CBS interview 15 Oct 2020 - 12:28 am
FILE PHOTO: Anthony Fauci, MD, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, looks on before testifying at a U.S. Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearing to examine COVID-19,
Melania Trump says son Barron had virus but is negative now 14 Oct 2020 - 11:44 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 27, 2020, US First Lady Melania Trump (L) looks at her son Barron Trump after US President Donald Trump delivered his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination on the South Lawn of the White Ho
Duterte wants entire Philippine population vaccinated for COVID-19 14 Oct 2020 - 10:51 pm
A vendor at Pritil Public Market gets a free swab test amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tondo, Manila, Philippines, October 8, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Kids may not be recommended for COVID-19 vaccination initially, US CDC says 14 Oct 2020 - 10:36 pm
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To fight virus' spread, Vienna turns to bike couriers 14 Oct 2020 - 09:52 pm
Marcus Hanould, 25 year's old bicycle courier of Veloce company, rides his bike to a residential building to deliver Covid-19 tests and bring them back to a lab in Vienna, Austria on October 13, 2020. / AFP / JOE KLAMAR
Curfew-breakers will be fined 135 euros: France's Macron 14 Oct 2020 - 09:34 pm
This picture shows a screen displaying French President Emmanuel Macron as he addresses the nation during a televised interview from the Elysee Palace concerning the situation of the novel coronavirus Covid-19 in France, in Paris on October 14, 2020.
New coronavirus rapid diagnostic tests will be game changer -PAHO director 14 Oct 2020 - 09:26 pm
An employee of the diagnostics provider R-Biopharm displays two diagnostic test strips of a rapid antigen test to detect the SARS-CoV-2 antigen at their laboratory in Pfungstadt near Darmstadt, Germany October 8, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
France declares public health state of emergency over COVID-19 14 Oct 2020 - 08:57 pm
A researcher from the Sys2Diag laboratory, from the biotechnology company SkillCell, holds a saliva sample to perform a rapid screening for Covid-19, in Montpellier, southern France, on October 13, 2020. / AFP / Pascal GUYOT
Iran hits new virus records, curbs travel 14 Oct 2020 - 08:03 pm
Iranian commuters wear face masks in a metro after Iranian authorities made it mandatory for all to wear face masks in public following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID19), in Tehran Iran October 10, 2020. Majid Asgaripour/WANA via REUTERS
Child hand sanitiser poisoning cases spike in Spain 14 Oct 2020 - 07:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: An employee works on the production of hydroalcoholic gel at the Christeyns company's factory in Vertou near Nantes, France, March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo
Covid-19 claims over 10,000 lives in Iraq 14 Oct 2020 - 05:40 pm
Iraqi families walk in Baghdad's Zawraa Park on October 9, 2020, after the government lifted restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
As virus surges anew, Milan hospitals under pressure again 14 Oct 2020 - 05:35 pm
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Astrazeneca to provide Indonesia 100 million COVID-19 vaccines next year: Foreign minister 14 Oct 2020 - 04:19 pm
A test tube labeled with the vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
Venezuelan professionals turn to cooking and delivery to survive quarantine 14 Oct 2020 - 04:09 pm
Alonso Toro, a professional musician who worked in television and advertising, looks at his son Elias who wears a dinosaur face mask made by him, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Caracas, Venezuela August 26, 2020. Reuters/Fausto Tor