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BBC News Published image captionRussia has reported over 3.1 million infections from coronavirus Russia's deputy prime minister has revealed more than 80% of excess deaths this year are linked to Covid-19, which would mean its death toll is three times higher than previously reported. Excess deaths are the difference between the total number of deaths registered and the average over the previous years for the same period. Official figures say 55,827 people have died with Covid-19 in Russia. The deputy prime minister said excess deaths would take that to 186,000. Countries use different method...

Europe rolls out mass vaccination campaign, but many are not convinced Issued on: 28/12/2020 - 11:41 Alain, 92, receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid 19 vaccine at the Champmaillot care home in the town of Dijon. © Reuters/Philippe Desmazes 4 min Europe has launched a mass COVID-19 vaccination drive with pensioners and medics lining up to get the first shots to see off a pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1.7 million lives worldwide. Advertising Read more “We have a new weapon ag...

4:07 AM MYT PARIS, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- France on Monday reported 363 COVID-19 deaths, a sign of no improvement of the epidemic situation, which has raised the perspective of a third lockdown, probably at the regional level, after holiday seasons. The country has registered over 2.56 million cases and 63,109 deaths since the start of the pandemic, according to official data. The number of new cases dropped to 2,960 on Monday, but that is due to the closure of many scanning places during the weekend. A total of 24,678 patients are currently hospitalized for COVID-19 infection, up by 25...