FILE PHOTO: Vial labelled “AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine” placed on displayed EU flag is seen in this illustration picture taken March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationBRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union states are expected to receive 107 million doses of COVID-19…
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Turkey logs highest new coronavirus cases since beginning of pandemic
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has recorded 37,303 new coronavirus cases in the space of 24 hours, the highest number since the beginning of the pandemic more than a year ago, health ministry data showed on Tuesday.Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gives…
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France still facing several difficult weeks due to COVID: minister
FILE PHOTO: People walk and cycle on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, as France’s 16 hardest-hit departments go into a new month-long lockdown imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) contagion, France March 20, 2021. REUTERS/Eric…
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Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 15,813: RKI
FILE PHOTO: A police officer checks commuters in a car arriving from Poland, at the German-Polish border crossing Stadtbruecke (city bridge) amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, March 22, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal HanschkeBERLIN (Reuters) – The number…
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Ukraine obliges visitors to have a negative COVID-19 test
FILE PHOTO: Women walk past an installation showing a protective face mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kyiv, Ukraine December 28, 2020. REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoKYIV (Reuters) – All people arriving in Ukraine from March 23 will have to show…
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Denmark raises limit on public gatherings to 10 people
FILE PHOTO: View of the shopping street in the small Danish city of Elsinore, about an hour north of the Nordic country’s capital of Copenhagen, during a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19, on February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Tim…
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Italy's Piedmont region temporarily suspends AstraZeneca shots
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s northern region of Piedmont said on Sunday said it would temporarily suspend AstraZeneca coronavirus shots after a teacher from the town of Biella died following his vaccination on Saturday.FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled “AstraZeneca COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine”…
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France sees no reason to suspend AstraZeneca shot, minister says
FILE PHOTO: Prepared syringes of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are seen at the Clinique de l’Estree – ELSAN private hospital in Stains as part of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination campaign in France, March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File PhotoPARIS (Reuters)…
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EU extends vaccine export checks by three months until end-June
FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled “COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine” and syringes are seen in front of a displayed EU flag in this illustration taken, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationBRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission has extended until the end of June its…
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German Society Updates Rheumatic Diseases Guidelines in Light of SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The German Society for Rheumatology (DGRh) has updated its guidelines to reflect the recent impact of the pandemic, noting among its key changes that anti-rheumatic medication should not be changed solely for fear of SARS-CoV-2…
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