UK virus cases top 50,000 for first time since July
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Daily virus cases in the UK on Thursday soared to over 50,000 a day for…
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Europe
Queen Elizabeth II spent night in hospital: Buckingham Palace
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Queen Elizabeth II spent a night in hospital after being advised to rest and cancel…
4 years ago
Third dose of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine 95.6% effective
FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) -- A third dose of the vaccine against Covid-19 developed by Pfizer/BioNTech is 95.6 percent effective against…
4 years ago
Powerful storm in France cuts electricity to 250,000 homes
PARIS, France (AFP) -- More than 250,000 homes in France were without electricity on Thursday after gale-force winds swept the…
4 years ago
Don’t panic, says UK, despite soaring Covid rates
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain's government on Wednesday rejected calls to trigger "Plan B" measures to limit spiralling Covid…
4 years ago
UK health leaders call for Covid curbs as infections rise
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Healthcare leaders urged the British government Wednesday to reinstate some coronavirus restrictions to ease pressures…
4 years ago
Atea-Roche plans for Covid pill hit by poor trial results
ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) -- US-based Atea Pharmaceuticals said Tuesday its plans to develop an orally administered drug to treat coronavirus…
4 years ago
Germany ‘vehemently condemns’ North Korea missile test
FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) -- Germany said Wednesday it "vehemently condemns" the test of a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile…
4 years ago
Israel reports subvariant of Delta coronavirus strain
JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel has confirmed a case of a subvariant of the Delta strain of the coronavirus previously reported…
4 years ago
UK monitoring ‘subvariant’ of coronavirus Delta strain: govt
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain on Tuesday said it was monitoring a subvariant of the Delta strain of the…
4 years ago
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