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Pfizer, BioNTech seek EU's OK to use COVID vaccine on kids

Saturday, 1 May 2021, 07:35 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech have submitted a request to the European drug regulator for the approval of their coronavirus vaccine to be extended to include children 12 to 15 years old, in a move that...

EU Parliament: COVID-19 pass should guarantee free movement

Friday, 30 April 2021, 07:13 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

European lawmakers said Thursday that COVID-19 certificates aimed at facilitating travel across the European Union should be enough to move freely this summer, a position likely to clash with member...

Israeli rescue service: 44 killed in stampede at festival

Friday, 30 April 2021, 07:08 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed at least 44 people and injured some 150 others early Friday, medical officials said,...

India's COVID-19 human crisis spirals with record new cases

Friday, 30 April 2021, 07:06 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

India’s coronavirus cases climbed again Friday, prompting the army to open up its hospitals in a desperate bid to control a massive humanitarian crisis created by an acute shortage of beds,...

Brussels bracing for illegal festival amid fears of violence

Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 07:25 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Brussels prosecutor's office warned potential partygoers they should stay away from an unauthorized gathering planned this weekend in one of the city's biggest parks as police briefly detained one of...

India tops 200,000 dead as virus surge breaks health system

Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 07:18 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

India crossed a grim milestone Wednesday of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of new infections tears through dense cities and rural areas alike and overwhelms health care...

UK leader denies saying 1000s of bodies better than lockdown

Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 07:15 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson dismissed as “total rubbish” a press report which quoted him as allegedly saying he would rather see “bodies pile high in their thousands”...

EU launches legal action against vaccine-maker AstraZeneca

Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 07:11 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The European Union's executive branch said Monday that it has launched legal action against coronavirus vaccine-maker AstraZeneca for failing to respect the terms of its contract with the 27-nation...

Continental Europe could allow US tourists back this summer

Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 07:08 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

American tourists could soon be visiting continental Europe again, more than a year after the European Union restricted travel to the 27-nation bloc to a bare minimum to contain the...

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