A man wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walks past a mural at a shopping and office complex in Beijing. New cases of local transmission in China are continuing to fall with just several dozen announced on Friday, even as the country's annual Lunar New Year travel push gets underway. AP Photo
Boris Johnson tries his hand at one of the tests with Kerri Symington, quality control technician (not pictured) as he visits the French biotechnology laboratory Valneva in Livingston where they will be producing a Covid 19 vaccine on a large scale in Livingston, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Getty Images
People who were waiting in line sit after being told there were no more Covid-19 vaccine doses available for those without appointments at the Kedren Community Health Centre in South Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. AFP
A K-9 handler walks with a specially trained dog that detects coronavirus in people at the American Airlines Arena prior to the NBA basketball match between Miami Heat and the LA Clippers in Miami. AFP
Kevin Belyk paints a mural inspired by a photo of US Senator Bernie Sanders bundled up and wearing mittens and a face mask at President Joe Biden's inauguration, on a legal graffiti wall at the Leeside Tunnel skateboard park in Vancouver, British Columbia. AP
Dr Syed Naqvi, a pulmonologist, treats a coronavirus disease patient in the ICU at SSM Health St Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US. Reuters
Firefighters organise donated food for ambulance crews waiting long hours to hand over their Covid-19 patients to medics at the Santa Maria hospital in Lisbon. More than 30 ambulances were queueing at a time Thursday evening. Portugal is reporting new daily records of Covid-19 deaths and hospitalisations as a recent pandemic surge continues unabated. AP Photo
National heath system employees protest in Bucharest, Romania, demanding government measures for increasing the standard of the personal protection equipment and pay rises. Banner reads "We are exhausted". AP Photo
"Italia Viva" party leader Matteo Renzi leaves after answering journalists' questions at the Quirinale palace in Rome, as political forces meet with Italian President Sergio Mattarella on the creation of a new Italian government. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte resigned after a key coalition ally pulled his party's support over Conte's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, setting the stage for consultations this week to determine if he can form a third government. AP
Cars parked on a street of terraced homes in Birmingham, UK. UK government officials have suggested paying people to stay home if they test positive for coronavirus, amid concerns too many are failing to get tested or comply with the lockdown rules. Bloomberg
A Sri Lankan health services workers unload a consignment of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine donated by the Indian government at a medical warehouse as a plain clothed police officer stands guard in Colombo, Sri Lanka. AP Photo
A member of medical staff monitors Covid-19 test samples being processed in the Roche testing system in the Bio Safety Lab (BSL) at the Indus Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Bloomberg
A Thai soldier wearing a personal protective equipment (PPE) disinfects a classroom to combat the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Bangkok ahead of the school reopening on February 1. AFP
People have a lunch break at Shinjuku business district in Tokyo, Japan. EPA
Members of the World Health Organisation (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease prepare leave a hotel in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Reuters
People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk at a shopping and office complex in Beijing. AP Photo
A man wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walks past a mural at a shopping and office complex in Beijing. New cases of local transmission in China are continuing to fall with just several dozen announced on Friday, even as the country's annual Lunar New Year travel push gets underway. AP Photo
Boris Johnson tries his hand at one of the tests with Kerri Symington, quality control technician (not pictured) as he visits the French biotechnology laboratory Valneva in Livingston where they will be producing a Covid 19 vaccine on a large scale in Livingston, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Getty Images
People who were waiting in line sit after being told there were no more Covid-19 vaccine doses available for those without appointments at the Kedren Community Health Centre in South Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. AFP
A K-9 handler walks with a specially trained dog that detects coronavirus in people at the American Airlines Arena prior to the NBA basketball match between Miami Heat and the LA Clippers in Miami. AFP
Kevin Belyk paints a mural inspired by a photo of US Senator Bernie Sanders bundled up and wearing mittens and a face mask at President Joe Biden's inauguration, on a legal graffiti wall at the Leeside Tunnel skateboard park in Vancouver, British Columbia. AP
Dr Syed Naqvi, a pulmonologist, treats a coronavirus disease patient in the ICU at SSM Health St Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US. Reuters
Firefighters organise donated food for ambulance crews waiting long hours to hand over their Covid-19 patients to medics at the Santa Maria hospital in Lisbon. More than 30 ambulances were queueing at a time Thursday evening. Portugal is reporting new daily records of Covid-19 deaths and hospitalisations as a recent pandemic surge continues unabated. AP Photo
National heath system employees protest in Bucharest, Romania, demanding government measures for increasing the standard of the personal protection equipment and pay rises. Banner reads "We are exhausted". AP Photo
"Italia Viva" party leader Matteo Renzi leaves after answering journalists' questions at the Quirinale palace in Rome, as political forces meet with Italian President Sergio Mattarella on the creation of a new Italian government. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte resigned after a key coalition ally pulled his party's support over Conte's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, setting the stage for consultations this week to determine if he can form a third government. AP
Cars parked on a street of terraced homes in Birmingham, UK. UK government officials have suggested paying people to stay home if they test positive for coronavirus, amid concerns too many are failing to get tested or comply with the lockdown rules. Bloomberg
A Sri Lankan health services workers unload a consignment of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine donated by the Indian government at a medical warehouse as a plain clothed police officer stands guard in Colombo, Sri Lanka. AP Photo
A member of medical staff monitors Covid-19 test samples being processed in the Roche testing system in the Bio Safety Lab (BSL) at the Indus Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Bloomberg
A Thai soldier wearing a personal protective equipment (PPE) disinfects a classroom to combat the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Bangkok ahead of the school reopening on February 1. AFP
People have a lunch break at Shinjuku business district in Tokyo, Japan. EPA
Members of the World Health Organisation (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease prepare leave a hotel in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Reuters
People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk at a shopping and office complex in Beijing. AP Photo
A man wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walks past a mural at a shopping and office complex in Beijing. New cases of local transmission in China are continuing to fall with just several dozen announced on Friday, even as the country's annual Lunar New Year travel push gets underway. AP Photo