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India's expert panel advises full approval for Covishield, Covaxin 19 Jan 2022 - 09:47 pm
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Germany's Merkel turns down U.N. job offer 19 Jan 2022 - 09:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: Germany's outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a session of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag to elect a new chancellor, in Berlin, Germany, December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo
Coronavirus spreading like never before in Americas, health agency says 19 Jan 2022 - 08:25 pm
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Water crisis looms as residents tackle debris in tsunami-hit Tonga 19 Jan 2022 - 08:10 pm
HMNZS Wellington departs with naval divers, hydrographers and a helicopter on board to assist with delivering supplies to Tonga after a volcanic eruption and tsunami, from Devonport Naval Base in Auckland, New Zealand January 18, 2022 according to a statement by New Zealand Defence Force. Courtesy of NZDF/Handout via REUTERS
UK lifts COVID restrictions, says omicron wave 'has peaked' 19 Jan 2022 - 05:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: A person wearing a protective face mask walks through Piccadilly Circus, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in central London, Britain, January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Swiss cabinet extends quarantine, work-from-home rules into February 19 Jan 2022 - 04:19 pm
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Billionaire Soon-Shiong opens new vaccine plant in South Africa 19 Jan 2022 - 04:15 pm
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong cut a ribbon, while Premier of the Western Cape Alan Winde looks on, during the launch of NantSA, a future vaccine manufacturing facility designed to accelerate the production of pharmaceuticals, in Cape Town, South Africa, January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Shelley Christians
WHO counts 18 million virus cases last week as omicron slows 19 Jan 2022 - 03:59 pm
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Calling UK PM "disgraceful", Conservative lawmaker defects to opposition 19 Jan 2022 - 03:42 pm
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the parliament in London, Britain January 19, 2022, in this screen grab taken from a video. Reuters TV via Reuters
Vietnam detects first Omicron cases in the community -state media 19 Jan 2022 - 03:35 pm
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Phones reconnected in Tonga, internet will have to wait a month 19 Jan 2022 - 03:16 pm
A general view from a New Zealand Defence Force P-3K2 Orion surveillance flight shows heavy ash fall over Nomuka in Tonga after the Pacific island nation was hit by a tsunami triggered by an undersea volcanic eruption January 17, 2022. New Zealand Defence Force/Handout via REUTERS
Dutch museums, concert halls open briefly in protest at Covid-19 lockdown 19 Jan 2022 - 02:58 pm
A general view of a largely deserted Dutch urban centre is seen as the country enters into its third day of lockdown, in Den Bosch, Netherlands December 21, 2021. Reuters/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
Fire kills six at Spanish retirement home 19 Jan 2022 - 02:13 pm
A member of the emergency services works at the scene where a fire ripped through a retirement home in Moncada, Spain, January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Eva Manez
Hungary's new COVID-19 cases hit record high, hospitalisations low 19 Jan 2022 - 01:55 pm
A nurse gives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to a patient at the Bethesda Children's Hospital as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Budapest, Hungary, November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo
US to make 400 million N95 masks available for free to fight COVID-19 pandemic: official 19 Jan 2022 - 01:07 pm
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India's new COVID-19 cases hit eight-month high, full impact weeks away 19 Jan 2022 - 12:19 pm
A healthcare worker collects a test swab sample from a woman amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a testing centre inside a hospital in New Delhi, India, January 14, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
Philippines sees first deaths from Omicron COVID-19 variant 19 Jan 2022 - 12:12 pm
A woman receives a booster shot of Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, at Manila Zoo, in Manila, Philippines, January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David
Betting Omicron has peaked, British PM Johnson set to lift COVID rules 19 Jan 2022 - 12:09 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Finchley Memorial Hospital, an NHS (National Health Service) community hospital, in North London, Britain January 18, 2022. Ian Vogler/Pool via REUTERS