Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU to buy extra 100 million doses of Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union will buy an extra 100 million doses of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, bringing the total from the two firms to 300 million doses, European Commission Pr...
Dec 29, 2020
One care worker remains in German hospital after vaccine overdose
BERLIN (Reuters) - A care home worker in Germany is still in hospital after being among a group that received the first known overdoses of the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19, local authoriti...
Dec 29, 2020
Tennis-Indian Wells postponed due to COVID-19 concerns
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells that was scheduled to be held in California in March has been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns, tennis governing body AT...
Dec 29, 2020
Toews joins growing list of sidelined Blackhawks
Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews is sidelined due to an undisclosed illness and won't be ready for the start of the regular season. Toews, 32, joins a growing list of Blackhawks who aren't av...
Dec 29, 2020
Harris to receive shot in bid to boost U.S. confidence in vaccines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will receive a COVID-19 vaccine live on television on Tuesday, as the incoming Biden administration seeks to boost confidence in the inoc...
Dec 29, 2020
‘Love wins,’ Harry and Meghan say in 2020 reflections on first podcast
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan on Tuesday thanked essential workers and offered encouragement to people who suffered during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in their f...
Dec 29, 2020
Escaping the ‘guillotine’: Brexit deal brings relief to French fishermen
By Richard Lough BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, France (Reuters) - French trawler owner Bruno Margolle refuses to talk of victory over British fishermen, when European quotas have been cut and will soon be negotia...
Dec 29, 2020
Ireland begins COVID-19 vaccinations with 79-year-old woman
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland began its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Tuesday by giving a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to a 79-year-old woman at a hospital in Dublin, the health service said, a...
Dec 29, 2020
‘Pray floods don’t kill us’: A day on Rohingya’s remote Bangladesh island
By Mohammad Ponir Hossain BHASAN CHAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - As a Bangladeshi naval ship anchored off a remote Bay of Bengal island, some of the Rohingya Muslim refugees aboard clapped in anticipatio...
Dec 29, 2020
EU is asked to approve extra dose from Pfizer vaccine vials
By Jan Lopatka and Emilio Parodi PRAGUE/ROME (Reuters) - The European Union was asked on Tuesday to allow an extra dose of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech to be taken from each v...
Dec 29, 2020
