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1 day agoHealth minister condemns blast at Dutch virus test centerDutch police say an early-morning blast caused by a “homemade device” smashed windows at a coronavirus testing center in a small town north of Amsterdam.
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2 days agoNigeria receives nearly 4 million vaccines from COVAX Nearly 4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, the third and largest delivery to be made by the global COVAX initiative, which w...
2 days agoIsraeli attorney general slams Netanyahu's vaccine diplomacyIsrael’s attorney general has warned Benjamin Netanyahu that he cannot single-handedly share the country’s surplus vaccines with far-flung allies in Africa, Europe and La...
2 days agoThe Latest: Ontario seniors won't get AstraZeneca vaccineThe health minister of Canada’s most populous province says Ontario seniors won’t receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine since there’s limited data on its effect...
2 days agoDutch PM's popularity high but eroding as election loomsThe Netherlands is holding a three-day general election this month, which comes after Prime Minister Mark Rutte has spent more than a decade in power.
2 days agoTwitter cracks down on COVID vaccine misinformation Twitter says it has begun labeling tweets that include misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines.
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