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Tunisia adds Denmark to air travel ban list
CAIRO (Reuters) - Tunisia has banned all air travel with Denmark amid fears of a new coronavirus variant, the state news agency reported, citing the transport ministry. The ban is effective until furt...
Dec 24, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 325,096 total deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 325,096 deaths from the new coronavirus, an increase of 3,362 from its previous count. The agency said the nu...
Dec 24, 2020
France recorded 21,634 new COVID-19 cases and 292 more deaths in last 24 hours
PARIS (Reuters) - France recorded a further 21,634 new, confirmed COVID-19 cases and 292 more deaths in hospitals from the virus in the last 24 hours, according to data from the health ministry. Franc...
Dec 24, 2020
Analysis: Brexit trade deal sparks relief but UK market will bear scars
By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's trade agreement with the European Union removes a 4-1/2-year old fear of crashing out of the bloc without trading arrangements in place, but it will take U...
Dec 24, 2020
Nearly 2.1 million have voted early in U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia
By Brad Heath WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 2.1 million people have cast ballots in a U.S. Senate runoff election in Georgia that will determine whether Democrats control both chambers of Congress and...
Dec 24, 2020
Fauci says herd immunity could require nearly 90% to get coronavirus vaccine
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Herd immunity against the novel coronavirus could require vaccination rates approaching as high as 90%, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the most prominent U.S. infectious disease expe...
Dec 24, 2020
Turkey to sign deal with Pfizer-BioNTech for 4.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will sign an agreement with Pfizer and BioNTech for 4.5 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to be delivered by the end of March, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Thur...
Dec 24, 2020
Four jailed Burundian journalists pardoned by president
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Four Burundian journalists arrested in 2019 and jailed in January for offences including undermining state security have been granted a presidential pardon. "Under the terms of the...
Dec 24, 2020
Turkey’s coronavirus deaths rise by 254 – ministry
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's coronavirus death toll rose by 254 in the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed on Thursday, bringing the total number of deaths to 19,115. Turkey also recorded 18,102...
Dec 24, 2020
United Airlines to require negative COVID-19 tests for travel from Britain
CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines said on Thursday that passengers on its flights from London Heathrow to the United States must present a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of departure b...
Dec 24, 2020
