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Day: December 14, 2021

Lithuania Railways CEO to resign over Belarus potash transport

Published by Reuters UK By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) -The head of Lithuania’s state-run railways, Mantas Bartuska, agreed on Tuesday to step down to “de-escalate” public outcry over the transport of potash from sanctions-hit Belarus, but the company said it

Vaccines slightly less effective against severe COVID, deaths – WHO

Published by Reuters UK By Stephanie Nebehay and Mrinalika Roy GENEVA (Reuters) -COVID-19 vaccines appear slightly less effective in preventing severe disease and death but do provide significant protection, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The Omicron variant

UK to remove all countries from COVID travel red list from Wednesday

Published by Reuters UK LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will remove all 11 countries from its COVID-19 travel red list from Wednesday because there is now community transmission of Omicron, Health Secretary Sajid Javid told parliament. The British government added the southern

Pfizer says Covid pill drastically reduces severe disease

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – Pfizer said Tuesday that clinical trials confirmed its Covid pill, a new type of antiviral treatment that should withstand the mutations seen with Omicron, drastically reduced hospitalizations and deaths among at-risk people by almost