Health-workers flashed victory signs and smiled for cameras after being given coronavirus vaccines as India kicked off one of the largest inoculation drives in the world on Saturday, setting in motion a complex plan aimed at stemming infections across a nation of more than 1.3 billion people. At hospitals and vaccination centers across major Indian cities from Mumbai to New Delhi tens of thousands of key frontline workers began queuing, some receiving the first vaccines while others administered them. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the program with a speech addressing more than 3,000 centers across India, where the first shots were to be given.
At hospitals and vaccination centers across major Indian cities from Mumbai to New Delhi tens of thousands of key front-line workers are expected to line up to receive and administer the first vaccines.
Portuguese finance minister tests positive for coronavirus after meeting top EU
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. Updated: 16 Jan 2021, 11:06 PM IST Reuters
The 46-year-old minister has so far shown no symptoms and will continue to work from home during a period of self-isolation
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LISBON:Portugal s Finance Minister Joao Leao has tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said on Saturday, a day after he took part in an in-person meeting in Lisbon with top EU officials including Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen.
The 46-year-old minister has so far shown no symptoms and will continue to work from home during a period of self-isolation, a statement from his ministry said. Self-isolation could last between 10 to 14 days.
What US-Europe relations under Biden may look like
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Stephen Fidler
, The Wall Street Journal
Among other things, the new administration likely will halt a Trump plan to withdraw 12,000 troops from Germany
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After four years of turbulence, this could be a year for rebuilding trans-Atlantic diplomatic ties.
The new U.S. president brings to the job long experience in European relations, and a nominee for secretary of state, Anthony Blinken, who is deeply knowledgeable about the Continent as well. The policy priorities of the incoming president, compared with the stated goals of his predecessor, also are more closely aligned with those of America’s traditional European allies.
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