 | | | | Britain began its third COVID-19 lockdown on Tuesday with citizens under orders to stay at home and the government calling for one last major national effort to stem the virus before mass vaccinations turn the tide. | | | | | | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday cancelled a planned trip to India later this month, citing the need to oversee the pandemic response at home. | | | | | | As millions of people await their turn to get a COVID-19 vaccine that could be months away, scammers online, in emails and on messaging apps are luring victims with claims they can deliver shots within days for as little as $150. | | | | | | (Reuters) -Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: | | | | | | Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech said on Tuesday they would end a public spat and focus on rolling out COVID-19 shots after executives of both Indian vaccine makers clashed over the approval of their rival shots. | | | | | | Indian health authorities are ready to roll out a COVID-19 vaccination programme by next week, the country's top health official said on Tuesday, days after the drug regulator gave emergency approval to two vaccines. | | | | | | Italy will enter the capital of biotech company ReiThera to support the development of its COVID-19 vaccine, with the aim of concluding Phase 3 trials by summer 2021, the government's special commissioner for the COVID emergency said on Tuesday. | | | | | | Belgium will receive only half the doses of U.S. drugmaker Pfizer vaccine it ordered for January because of a logistical difficulty that occurred last month. | | | | | | (Reuters) -Britain went into another lockdown on Tuesday and Japan will decide this week whether to impose a state of emergency in the Tokyo area, while Beijing has stepped up efforts to shape the narrative about when and where the pandemic began. | | | | | | Denmark will lower the limit on public gatherings to five people from 10 as part of new restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus, the newspaper Jyllands-Posten reported on Tuesday, citing lawmakers. | | | | | | PARIS (Reuters) -France is stepping up its COVID-19 vaccine rollout by widening further its first target group to include more health workers and simplifying a cumbersome process to deliver jabs more quickly, Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Tuesday. | | | | | |
