Palestinian Authority foreign minister claims Israel is obligated to inoculate population; Israeli envoy retorts that Oslo Accords charge PA with providing immunizations

Tehran will soon purchase shots from Moscow after deeming inoculations from US and UK 'untrustworthy'

Countries choose between American Pfizer and Chinese Sinopharm shots, as Beijing pursues its 'Belt and Road' globe-spanning infrastructure and trade network push

Education minister reportedly says new strains 'change the rules of the game'; over 50% of infected students are Haredi

US president predicts up to 660,000 total deaths before country begins to turn corner; US has exceeded a pace of 1 million doses per day over last week

Trial now to be increased to 300 volunteers; Tehran hopes to have 3 local COVID-19 vaccines available to public by June, having banned Western vaccines

Officials push for weeklong extension of all restrictions, as education minister tells local authorities to prepare for schools to reopen next week

Social media giant also deletes post by PM over privacy violation, says its platform cannot be used to request medical information

Figure represents 0.015 percent of people, indicating vaccine is hitting 95% efficiency rate predicted by clinical trials; top immunologist hails 'exciting results'

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