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EU agency authorises Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine

Wednesday, 6 January 2021, 15:25 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The European Union's medicines agency gave the green light Wednesday to Moderna Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine, a decision that gives the 27-nation bloc a second vaccine to use in the desperate battle to...

Dutch begin Covid-19 vaccinations; last EU nation to do so

Wednesday, 6 January 2021, 10:06 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Nearly two weeks after most other European Union nations, the Netherlands on Wednesday began its Covid-19 vaccination program, with nursing home staff and frontline workers in hospitals first in line...

Tanya Roberts: Bond actress and Charlie's Angel dies at 65

Wednesday, 6 January 2021, 07:44 Last update: about 7 years ago

Former Bond actress and Charlie's Angel Tanya Roberts has died in hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 65, the BBC reports.     Roberts appeared with Sir Roger Moore in his...

Woman dies of Covid-19 just four days after giving birth

Wednesday, 6 January 2021, 07:41 Last update: about 7 years ago

A woman lost her battle with Covid-19 just four days after giving birth, the New York Post reports. JoEllen Engelbart, a 32-year-old assistant prosecutor for Jackson County, had been fighting the...

Pandemic haunts new year as virus growth outpaces vaccines

Wednesday, 6 January 2021, 07:08 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Despite growing vaccine access, January is looking grim around the globe as the coronavirus resurges and reshapes itself from Britain to Japan to California, filling hospitals and threatening...

Vaccination drive enters new phase in US and Britain

Tuesday, 5 January 2021, 06:56 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The first Americans inoculated against COVID-19 began rolling up their sleeves for their second and final dose Monday, while Britain introduced another vaccine on the same day it imposed a new...

UK prime minister orders new virus lockdown for England

Tuesday, 5 January 2021, 06:53 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday a new national lockdown for England until at least mid-February to combat a fast-spreading new variant of the coronavirus, even as Britain ramped up...

UK judge refuses extradition of WikiLeaks founder Assange

Monday, 4 January 2021, 13:25 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

A British judge on Monday rejected the United States’ request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage charges, saying he was likely to kill himself if held under harsh...

UK ramps up inoculations with Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

Monday, 4 January 2021, 10:43 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Britain on Monday took another giant step in the fight against COVID-19, ramping up its immunization program by giving the first shots in the world from the vaccine created by Oxford University and...

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