(Reuters) – The UK variant of the coronavirus has a new development, in terms of a mutation in a small number of cases, which scientists say makes it similar to the changes in South Africa and Brazil and could be effective. reduce vaccines.
PHOTO FILE: People with a face mask walk at a major shopping mall, following the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China January 27, 2021. REUTERS / Aly Song
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EUROPE
* British Captain Tom Moore, a World War II veteran who lifted the spirits of a nation by raising millions of pounds for health service workers fighting the coronavirus, has died at the age of 100 after contracting COVID-19.
* Prime Minister Mark Rutte said most of the lockout measures in the Netherlands would remain in place for weeks due to fears of a rise in cases due to various factors.
* French President Emmanuel Macron has said that all French people who are willing to be vaccinated will receive the vaccine before the end of the summer, while the country’s main health advisory body has agreed to AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 bullet.
* Russia will be able to vaccinate 700 million people with the Sputnik V image this year, said the head of the sovereign wealth fund RDIF.
* Germany will have vaccinated 10 million people against the new coronavirus by the end of the first quarter, Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
ASIA-PACIFIC
* India is expected to issue an emergency use permit for Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine this month or next, Russia’s Direct Investment Fund said.
* Vietnam’s health minister said a new revolution has been discovered that affected 301 people with the more contagious variant in the UK of coronavirus.
* Japan will hold the Summer Olympics regardless of the pandemic, and plans to start vaccinations in mid – February.
AMERICAS
* The Biden administration will launch a new program that delivers coronavirus vaccines directly to pharmacies starting next week in an effort to increase American access to sightings.
* The White House will raise the federal government’s planned increase in COVID-19 vaccine supply to states to 20% over three weeks, from a 16% advance commitment, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said.
* Canada has signed its first contract to allow foreign coronavirus vaccination at home.
* Mexico’s Deputy Minister of Health, Hugo Lopez-Gatell, said the country had signed a contract for Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine and was likely to issue an emergency use permit for its side. -in hours.
* The head of the PAHO-WHO mission in Venezuela said that the South American country has retained at least 1.4 million vaccines through the international COVAX system.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
* South Africa will receive 2 million doses of vaccines from the COVAX vaccine circulation scheme co – ordinated by the World Health Organization by March.
* Uganda has prescribed 18 million doses of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine.
MEDIA DEVELOPMENTS
* Pfizer aims to produce two billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021.
* The Sputnik V vaccine in Russia was almost 92% effective in protecting against COVID-19.
* Oxford University and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines had a 76% efficacy against a typical infection for three months after a single dose, which increased if the second sight was delayed.
ECONOMIC IMPACT
* Global stock markets became increasingly optimistic in the face of further U.S. stimulus and recovery, with investors returning from GameStop sales and strong interest in currencies, causing their prices to fall. [MKTS/GLOB]
* Democrats in Congress have prepared the first steps toward a fast track COVID-19 relief package of U.S. President Joe Biden – and without Republican support if necessary.
Composed by Aditya Soni, Veronica Snoj and Jagoda Darlak; Edited by Angus MacSwan and Bill Berkrot