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Margaret Keenan
Nurse May Parsons (R) administers the Pfizer/BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine to Margaret Keenan (L), 90, at University Hospital in Coventry, central England, on December 8, 2020 making Keenan the first person to receive the vaccine in the country's biggest ever immunisation programme. Britain on December 8 hailed a turning point in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, as it begins the biggest vaccination programme in the country's history with a new Covid-19 jab. Jacob King / POOL / AFP
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UK starts mass Covid vaccination, 90-year-old grandma first in line

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LONDON, Dec 8, 2020 (AFP) - Britain on Tuesday began the biggest vaccination programme in the country's history, with a 90-year-old grandmother becoming the first

Vaccine
An NHS pharmacy technician holds a vial as she simulates the preparation of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, during a staff training session ahead of the vaccine's rollout next week, at the Royal Free Hospital in London on December 4, 2020. Britain insisted Friday its world-first approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus COVID-19 vaccine met all safety standards, striving to tamp down any public unease after US and European officials queried the rapid process. The UK's drugs regulator gave emergency approval for the vaccine on Wednesday, and the government plans to start rolling it out next week. Yui Mok / POOL / AFP
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History of vaccine

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- Vaccines: 200 years of progress -- and scepticism PARIS, Dec 8, 2020 (AFP) - Covid-19 has been a shot in the arm for vaccine

Restaurant
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 07: Shuttered outdoor restaurant seating is decorated with American flags on the first day of new stay-at-home orders on December 7, 2020 in West Hollywood, California. Under state order, 33 million residents of California have entered into regional shutdowns in an attempt to contain the spread of the coronavirus as ICU capacity has dipped below 15 percent in most regions of the state. Barbershops, hair and nail salons, museums, zoos, movies theaters are closed while restaurants are open for takeout or delivery only. In Los Angeles County, outdoor dining was shuttered nearly two weeks ago amid a surge of coronavirus cases there. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP
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Millions of Californians locked down, UK to start vaccinating

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LOS ANGELES, Dec 8, 2020 (AFP) - An overwhelming majority of California's residents went into lockdown Monday, putting 33 million people under stay-at-home orders as

Chuck Yeager
US Air Force handout photo from 1995 at Edwards Air Force Base in California shows Brig. Gen. Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager in the cockpit of an F-15. US aviation legend Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, has died, his wife announced on December 7, 2020. "It is w/ profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9pm ET," Victoria Yeager tweeted on her husband's account. USAF / AFP
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Aviation legend Chuck Yeager dies age 97

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WASHINGTON, Dec 8, 2020 (AFP) - US aviation legend Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, has died, his wife announced Monday.

Queen Elizabeth II
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, at Windsor Castle, west of London, speaks to His Excellency Dr. Ferenc Kumin, Ambassador of Hungary, and his wife, Viktoria who appear on a screen by videolink from Buckingham Palace in London on December 4, 2020. Today, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II conducted the first virtual Audiences from Buckingham Palace, via video link from Windsor Castle. BUCKINGHAM PALACE / AFP
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Long live the queen!

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- Record US virus cases as reports say British queen to get vaccine soon WASHINGTON, Dec 6, 2020 (AFP) - The United States notched up

Rudy Giuliani
US President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani arrives for a New Year's celebration at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. Donald Trump on December 6, 2020 tweeted that his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who has led the president's effort to undo his election loss, tested positive for Covid-19. JIM WATSON / AFP
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Giuliani latest virus case in Trump inner circle

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WASHINGTON, Dec 7, 2020 (AFP) - Donald Trump said Sunday his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for Covid-19, the latest member of the

Hayabusa-2
This handout photograph taken and released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on December 6, 2020 shows recovery operations of the re-entry capsule, carrying samples collected from a distant asteroid after being dropped off by Japanese space probe Hayabusa-2, following its landing in South Australia. Handout / JAXA / AFP
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Asteroid dust collected by Japan probe arrives on Earth

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TOKYO, Dec 6, 2020 (AFP) - In a streak of light across the night sky, samples collected from a distant asteroid arrived on Earth Sunday