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Poland finds first case of COVID-19 in mink

Poland has found its first case of COVID-19 in mink, the agriculture ministry said, raising fears of costly culls in an industry that counts over 350 farms in the country.

WHO team in China's Wuhan visits provincial CDC

A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday visited the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in China's central region of Hubei, where the outbreak emerged in late 2019.

Vietnam shuts schools due to virus outbreak ahead of Lunar New Year

Vietnam has shut schools in 22 provinces ahead of the Lunar New Year "Tet" holiday and ended a ruling Communist Party congress early on Monday following the detection of a new cluster of coronavirus cases in northern areas last week.

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U.S. patients scramble for appointments for second COVID-19 vaccine dose

As the number of Americans ready for their second COVID-19 vaccine shot grows, some are falling through the cracks of an increasingly complex web of providers and appointment systems.

With pandemic worsening, Portugal reports nearly half of all COVID-19 deaths in January

Portugal reported close to half of all its COVID-19 deaths in January, highlighting the severe worsening of the pandemic in a country that had largely been spared by the first waves of the coronavirus.

Exclusive: Oxford kept COVID-19 vaccine trial volunteers in dark about dosing error, letter shows

About 1,500 of the initial volunteers in a late-stage clinical trial of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine were given the wrong dose, but weren't informed that a mistake had been made after the blunder was discovered, documents obtained by Reuters show.

Northern territories, home to many of Canada's indigenous people, lead COVID-19 vaccine rollout

(Reuters) -Canada's northern territories have achieved much higher COVID-19 vaccination rates than its more populous provinces despite geographic challenges in a sign that prioritizing vaccine rollout in indigenous and rural communities is paying off.

Bayer agrees to help make CureVac's COVID-19 vaccine

German pharmaceutical giant Bayer said on Monday it will help CureVac produce its experimental COVID-19 vaccine, the latest drugmaker to offer up manufacturing capacity as supplies fall behind demand.

Pakistan military airlifts first COVID-19 vaccine consignment from China

A Pakistan military aircraft brought back the country's first consignment of COVID-19 vaccines from China on Monday, the country's health adviser, Faisal Sultan, said.

Hong Kong extends social distancing measures for two weeks until after Chinese New Year

Hong Kong will extend social distancing measures for a further two weeks until after the Chinese New Year holiday and will impose stricter testing rules when cases of COVID-19 are detected.

EXCLUSIVE: Secretary of State Blinken criticizes Russia for protest response, says he's 'deeply disturbed' by crackdown

Feb 01, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Secretary of State Blinken criticizes Russia for protest response, says he's 'deeply disturbed' by crackdown

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in his first television interview since taking office, said that he is "deeply disturbed by the violent crackdown" on protesters in Russia rallying in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Blinken's comments, made to Andrea Mitchell of NBC News in an interview broadcast Monday on TODAY, come as thousands were reported arrested in mass demonstrations across the country and as Navalny's allies call on President Joe Biden to sanction Russian President Vladimir Putin's financial backers.

Read more on this story at NBCNews.com and watch the interview on TODAY this morning.