 | | | | Britain's coronavirus vaccine rollout could reach those in their early-20s in the first weeks of next month, with hopes that all those over age 18 could be offered jabs in June, the Telegraph reported on Wednesday. | | | | | | Kids in the United States will likely be able to get COVID-19 vaccinations by the end of this year or the first quarter of 2022, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said at an event on Wednesday. | | | | | | Iceland's Eurovision entry, band Dadi og Gagnamagnid, has pulled out of the live event this weekend after a member of the group tested positive for COVID-19, although their song remains in the competition. | | | | | | A majority of Canadians say they are willing to embrace a vaccine passport to enable a return to travel but are less open to using them for things like restaurant reservations, according to polls. | | | | | | Brazil's health minister said on Wednesday he had spoken with Moderna (MRNA.O) about buying its COVID-19 vaccine, as the country scrambles for shots from producers passed over last year. | | | | | | The United States has administered 277,290,173 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 349,210,095 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday. | | | | | | Results from Petco Health (WOOF.O) and Chewy Inc (CHWY.N) are likely to show slowing revenue growth compared with last year, when stressed out families turned to their pets for companionship during pandemic-led lockdowns. | | | | | | The number of people with COVID-19 in intensive care units in France dropped below 4,000 on Wednesday as the country reopened outdoor cafe terraces, museums and shops selling non-essential goods. | | | | | | Zimbabwe has detected the first cases of the new coronavirus variant that emerged in India, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga said on Wednesday, adding that all travellers from the Asian nation would be required to undergo mandatory quarantine. | | | | | | England's deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam said on Wednesday that scientists should know by next week how much more transmissible the COVID-19 variant first found in India is compared to other strains. | | | | | |
