 | | | | More than half of vaccines go to waste globally every year because of temperature control, logistics and shipment-related issues. | | | | | | A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to endorse emergency use of Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine during a meeting on Thursday, as the nation prepares to roll out a second vaccine. | | | | | | The subject line on the email I received last week said simply, "Test." | | | | | | A wider area of east and southeast England will be under the most stringent restrictions to tackle the rising number of COVID-19 infections, British health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday, adding the measures would start on Saturday. | | | | | | Many Indians appear hesitant to get vaccinated for COVID-19 as infections have fallen sharply since a mid-September peak and some people are worried about possible side-effects https://in.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-vaccine-india/as-india-readies-vaccine-strategy-modi-warns-of-possible-side-effects-idINKBN2841SO, according to a survey of 18,000 people released on Thursday. | | | | | | French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for coronavirus, his office said on Thursday, sparking a track and trace effort targeting EU leaders and senior officials who met him in recent days. | | | | | | Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa has cancelled official trips and is in self-isolation, his office said on Thursday, less than 24 hours after he met French President Emmanuel Macron, who tested positive for the coronavirus. | | | | | | Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: | | | | | | European Union member states will begin vaccinations against COVID-19 in 10 days, Germany said, as Europe tries to catch up with Britain and United States after what some have criticised as a slow EU approval process for the jabs. | | | | | | Italy will begin COVID-19 vaccinations on Dec. 27, the Health Ministry said on Thursday, provided both European and national drug authorities give their approval to the Pfizer shot according to schedule. | | | | | | European Union countries will begin inoculating people against the new coronavirus from Dec. 27, the head of the EU commission said on Thursday. | | | | | |
