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#BREAKING EU doubles BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine pre-order to 600 million doses: von der Leyen

#BREAKING BioNTech says vaccine 'neutralises' key mutation in UK, S. Africa strains

#BREAKING EU could approve AstraZeneca vaccine by end-January: EMA

#BREAKING UK regulator approves Moderna Covid vaccine: govt

China sealed off two cities and imposed travel restrictions on 18 million people Friday in an effort to eliminate fresh coronavirus clusters, as the United States reported a record number of deaths from the disease
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#BREAKING London declares 'major incident' with hospitals at risk of Covid deluge

#UPDATE The EU has struck a deal to double its supply of the BioNTech/Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to 600 million doses, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday
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#BREAKING Iran leader bans import of US and UK-made Covid vaccines

#UPDATE The EU's medicines regulator says a decision to authorise the use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford coronavirus vaccine could be made by the end of the month
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#UPDATE London mayor Sadiq Khan has declared a major incident, warning hospitals in the British capital could soon be overwhelmed after a surge in coronavirus infections linked to a new strain
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Britain has approved a third Covid vaccine for its mass inoculation drive, as regulators gave the green light to a jab developed by US firm Moderna
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#UPDATE Iran's supreme leader has banned the import of American and British-produced vaccines against Covid-19, saying they were "completely untrustworthy"
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As the French government seeks to ramp up its lagging Covid-19 vaccination campaign, it faces a tricky challenge: convincing all doctors to back the jabs, even though some share the same hesitations as the general population
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#BREAKING UK reports record 1,325 coronavirus deaths over 24 hours

#BREAKING WHO urges countries to stop making bilateral vaccine deals

#UPDATE Under-fire European officials step up vaccine push by @marcburleigh u.afp.com/UJVi