FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A man receives a dose of the Sinopharm coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, in Budapest, Hungary February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Bernadett SzaboBUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary...

PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis on Wednesday installed his fourth health minister during the COVID-19 pandemic as a lagging vaccination campaign heightened pressure to use Russia’s...

FILE PHOTO: Students attend a geography class at a school in an open-air classroom organised on a playground amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Lviv, Ukraine September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Roman...

FILE PHOTO: A medical worker wearing protective gear stands next to an ambulance outside a hospital for patients infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kyiv, Ukraine November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb...

FILE PHOTO: A man, wearing protective face mask rides on a train, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sofia, Bulgaria, October 27, 2020. REUTERS/Stoyan NenovSOFIA (Reuters) –...

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a sign outside a vaccination centre in the State Department Store, GUM, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in central Moscow, Russia January 18, 2021...

FILE PHOTO: Eszter Harmath prepares pastries at her home during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Szentendre, Hungary, February 26, 2021. Picture taken February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Bernadett...

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A medical specialist holds a vial of Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus in a department store in Moscow, Russia, January 18, 2021 REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File PhotoCHISINAU...

FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Orgnaization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseGENEVA (Reuters) – The risk of human-to-human...

PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech government dropped plans on Friday to open all retail shops from next week due to a surge in coronavirus cases as hospitals struggle with a continued influx of patients...