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Israel’s COVID-19 vaccine boosters show signs of taming Delta

By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Less than a month into a COVID-19 vaccine booster drive, Israe...

24th August, 2021

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New Zealand has highest jump in COVID-19 cases since April 2020

By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand on Tuesday recorded its highest increase i...

24th August, 2021

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Australia pandemic panel backs reopening plans amid Delta surge

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia can proceed with its reopening plans when the country reaches 70%...

24th August, 2021

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Briton to be deported after Singapore conviction for refusing to wear mask

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A British man jailed in Singapore for breaking coronavirus protocols by...

23rd August, 2021

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Police arrest hundreds of protesters as Australia reports record COVID-19 cases

By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian police arrested hundreds of anti-lockdown prot...

23rd August, 2021

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Britain’s mass rollout of COVID booster vaccines for all over-50s may be shelved -Telegraph

(Reuters) – The mass rollout of COVID-19 booster vaccines in Britain to residents over 50 this...

20th August, 2021

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Biden, first lady to get COVID-19 booster vaccine -ABC News interview

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said he and first lady Jill Biden would receive a thi...

19th August, 2021

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Philip Morris gets over a fifth of Vectura shares in takeover tender offer

By Siddharth Cavale (Reuters) -Cigarette maker Philip Morris International (PMI) said on Wednesday s...

19th August, 2021

Image for British study shows COVID-19 vaccine efficacy wanes under Delta
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British study shows COVID-19 vaccine efficacy wanes under Delta

By Ludwig Burger (Reuters) – A British public health study has found that protection from eith...

19th August, 2021

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Third Pfizer dose 86% effective in over 60s, Israeli HMO says

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – A third dose of Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine was found to be...

18th August, 2021

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U.S. to begin offering COVID-19 vaccine booster shots in September

By Carl O’Donnell and Ahmed Aboulenein (Reuters) -The U.S. government said on Wednesday it pla...

18th August, 2021

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Japan extends COVID-19 emergency lockdown as cases surge

(Corrects to say state of emergency is fourth, not fifth, of the pandemic in paragraph 2.) By Daniel...

18th August, 2021