groundbreaking vaccine news. Pfizer and BioNTech's potential coronavirus cure was given the green light to be rolled out in the UK after it was handed approval from the medicines regulator.

This has now paved the way for Scotland's mass vaccination programme to begin - with officials indicating that some doses will be available as early as next week.

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Sheriff: Defiant NYC bar owner struck deputy with his car

NEW YORK – The co-owner of a New York City bar that authorities said has been defying coronavirus restrictions was taken into custody early Sunday after running over a deputy with a car, authorities said.Danny Presti fled from his bar, Mac's Public House, after deputies observed patrons entering the establishment Saturday night in violation of city and state closure orders, Sheriff Joseph Fucito said. Deputies attempted to arrest Presti as he left the bar early Sunday, but Presti got into his car, struck a deputy and kept driving for about 100 yards even as the deputy was left hanging onto the hood, Fucito said.Presti, 34, was eventually stopped and apprehended, the sheriff said.

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UK coronavirus hospital death toll rises by 225 ahead of vaccine roll-out

A further 225 lives have been lost to Covid-19 in UK hospitals, health authorities have confirmed.

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Christmas a sign of hope amid coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis says

Pope Francis says the Christmas season provides reason for hope amid the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic.During his Sunday blessing, Francis noted that the Vatican’s Christmas tree had gone up last week in St. Peter’s Square, and that work is underway to build the life-size Nativity scene next to it.

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Five new coronavirus deaths in Scotland as 643 new cases announced

coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Scotland over the last 24 hours. The Scottish Government also announced that new 643 cases of COVID-19 were reported overnight, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 100,106.

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Most people think UK Government's handling of coronavirus is 'national humiliation'

coronavirus crisis has been a national humiliation, new research shows. A majority of respondents (51%) think the Government's handling of the crisis has been a national humiliation - twice as many as those who disagree (26%).

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Pope: Christmas a sign of hope amid difficulties of pandemic

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis says the Christmas season provides reason for hope amid the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic.During his Sunday blessing, Francis noted that the Vatican's Christmas tree had gone up last week in St. Peter's Square, and that work is underway to build the life-size Nativity scene next to it.Pointing to the tree from his studio window over the square, Francis said such symbols of Christmas “are signs of hope, especially in this difficult period."He urged the faithful to recall the true meaning of Christmas — the birth of Jesus — and lend a hand to the neediest.

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Why are all the prominent Covid vaccines developed by women?

mRNA vaccine, which is the technological basis of both the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines, the two leading vaccine contenders for the US. To oversimplify, mRNA vaccines teach cells how to make a protein that triggers an immune system response, rather than injecting live or dead virus material.If done properly, that makes the vaccine quicker to develop, safer to use, and easier to manufacture at scale.

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Vaccine breakthrough 'could lead to end of tier system before March', says Health Secretary

direct to your inboxBritain's vaccine breakthrough could lead to the end of the coronavirus restrictions before March, the health secretary has said.The first doses of the Pfizer vaccine are being shipped out to locations across the UK this weekend after it was approved for use.It is expected jabs will start to be administered from Tuesday.And in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, Matt Hancock said he believes it will mean the current tiering system of restrictions could be loosened in the first three months of next year."There's no doubt that having the vaccine early...

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COMMENTARY: How COVID-19 lockdown inactivity can lead to muscle loss

risk from reduced physical activity — especially older adults. Developing a plan to be physically active now will help you to stay strong and healthy through the long winter ahead.While most people are aware of the benefits of physical activity — increased muscle and strength, reduced risk of disease, better quality of life and a lower risk of death — we tend to be less aware of how damaging and expensive reduced physical activity can be.The loss of muscle and strength as you get older (known as sarcopenia) is something with which we are all familiar.

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U.S. inauguration planners rethink how to celebrate amid coronavirus pandemic

coronavirus is about to collide with what is typically one of America’s biggest celebrations of all: the swearing-in of a new president.While lots of details are still to be worked out, this Jan. 20 is sure to be more subdued than prior inauguration days.

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UK prepares for ‘historic moment’ of vaccination against COVID-19

London: The first 50 National Health Service (NHS) hospitals are gearing up for what the UK government has described as the “biggest immunisation programme in history" as the first doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 arrived at “secure locations" in the country from neighbouring Belgium this weekend.Frontline healthcare staff, people over the age of 80 and care home workers will be among the first to get the vaccine as part of Phase 1 of the programme from Tuesday, which was approved for rollout by the UK’s independent regulator earlier this week.The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) had declared the jab, which claims to offer up to 95 per cent protection against COVID-19, is safe for human use

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Full list of Covid vaccine hospitals offering jab – find your nearest hub

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Nicola Sturgeon leads tributes to Scottish Government Covid-19 worker who died after battle with virus

First Minister has paid tribute to a ‘wonderful’ dad-of-five who tragically lost his fight for life after catching coronavirus last month. Andrew Slorance passed away on Saturday morning aged just 49 after working tirelessly with the Scottish Government in their response to the pandemic.

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Seoul cancels New Year bell-ringing ceremony amid surge in COVID-19

Seoul, as the country has faced yet another spike in COVID-19 cases, a municipal government official said on Sunday."Considering the rapid spread of COVID-19, we have to cancel the year-end bell-ringing ceremony," the official of Seoul's government said as quoted by the Yonhap news agency reported.The annual ceremony, which takes place at Bosingak Pavilion, will be cancelled for the first time since it was established in 1953, after the end of the Korean War.The media added that additional restrictions were planned to be implemented in the city to prevent public gatherings.On Friday, the Seoul authorities reduced bus and subway services by 30 per cent after 09:00 p.m.

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GOP White House hopefuls wait to see what Trump does next

WASHINGTON – When a party loses the White House, a new crop of presidential hopefuls typically begin moving quickly to lay the groundwork for a run in the next campaign.Not this year.President Donald Trump's increasingly overt flirtations with running again in 2024 are freezing the potentially vast field of Republican candidates. GOP White House hopefuls are essentially left to watch what Trump does next instead of courting fundraisers, building networks and visiting early-voting states — the usual campaign planning steps — for fear of angering Trump and risking turning off his large and loyal base.And that's just the way the president likes it, ensuring he stays in the spotlight and generating the cash and media coverage he craves.

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Russia registers new single-day record of 29,039 COVID-19 cases

Russia has registered a new single-day record for COVID-19 cases for the second consecutive day as 29,039 new positive tests were confirmed by the federal response center on Sunday, bringing the country's case total to 2,460,770.The previous single-day record of 28,782 new cases was reported on December 5."Over the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 29,039 COVID-19 cases in 85 regions, of which 6,065 (20.9%) were detected actively, with people showing no clinical symptoms," the response center said.Moscow has confirmed 7,512 new positive tests for the disease, a fall from the 7,993 new cases registered on Saturday, which remains the single-day record for the Russian capital.Elsewhere, St.

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Covid-19 vaccine: 17 volunteers get Sputnik V shot in Pune hospital

Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine at a Pune hospital as part of the human clinical trials, doctors said on Sunday.Sputnik V vaccine has been developed by the Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology and Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF).

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UK gears up for huge vaccination plan watched by the world

LONDON – The coronavirus vaccine developed by American drugmaker Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech was being sent to hospitals across the U.K. in super-cold containers on Sunday, two days ahead of the kickoff of Britain's biggest-ever immunization program, one being closely watched around the world.Around 800,000 doses of the vaccine are expected to be in place for the start of the rollout on Tuesday, a day that British Health Secretary Matt Hancock has reportedly dubbed as “V-Day,” a nod to triumphs in World War II.“Despite the huge complexities, hospitals will kickstart the first phase of the largest scale vaccination campaign in our country’s history from Tuesday,” said Professor Stephen Powis, NHS England’s national medical director.

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Inauguration planners rethink how to party in age of virus

WASHINGTON – Public health guidance to avoid big parties in the age of coronavirus is about to collide with what is typically one of America's biggest celebrations of all: the swearing-in of a new president.While lots of details are still to be worked out, this Jan. 20 is sure to be more subdued than prior inauguration days.A giant parade down Pennsylvania Avenue? Not likely.

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233 patients with Covid-19 in Irish hospitals, 28 in ICU

The number of people with Covid-19 in Irish hospitals remains relatively stable.

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Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.’s Ganxsta Ridd has died of coronavirus

Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. has died after succumbing to the coronavirus.The death of the Samoan-American rapper, who had worked with the likes of Eminem, Cypress Hill‘s B-Real and Faith No More, was confirmed yesterday (December 5) by friend and fellow rapper Ice-T.“I just woke up to the Terrible news,” Ice-T tweeted.

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Assocham seeks 200% tax deduction for expenditure on COVID vaccine development

Assocham has urged the Finance Ministry to allow 200% deduction in tax computation for the expenditure on research and development of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Budget for 2021-22.The chamber in its pre-budget memorandum to the Finance Ministry stated that for the purpose of section 35 of the Income Tax Act, “scientific research" should include any research related to COVID-19.

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Vaccine regulator chief urges people to get jab even if they’ve had coronavirus before

People should be “completely confident” about having the coronavirus vaccine even if they’ve previously been infected, a medical chief has said.

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How the government will roll out the coronavirus vaccine next week

direct to your inbox Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said efforts are being made to ensure care home residents receive the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine as soon as possible as the UK roll out begins next week.

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Scally warns NI against easing restrictions - 'save your hugs for Easter'

The decision to ease Covid-19 restrictions in Northern Ireland this Friday could result in record numbers of infections in the New Year, Professor Gabriel Scally has warned.

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Special bubble allows hugs at care home in France

Since the Covid-19 outbreak began, French care home resident Colette Dupas's contact with her daughters had been limited to talking via video call, or through a window.

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Romanians elect new lawmakers, seek end to political turmoil

BUCHAREST – Romanian voters cast ballots Sunday in a legislative election that many hope will restore some stability in one of the poorest European Union nations after five years of political and social turmoil. More than 18 million Romanians are registered to vote for a new national parliament but turnout is expected to be low due to voters’ fears about becoming infected with coronavirus.

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Rita Ora flouts coronavirus rules twice after flying to Cairo for private show

Rita Ora has apologised for breaching coronavirus rules twice after she was paid to appear at a showbiz event in Egypt.

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Dogs trained to sniff out coronavirus in sweat samples

Dogs could be used in the fight against Covid-19 - by being trained to sniff out infected people.

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Gujarat has started preparations for covid-19 vaccination: CM Vijay Rupani

RAJKOT (GUJARAT) : Gujarat has started preparations for the COVID-19 vaccination, which would start with around 3.96 lakh healthcare workers, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said on Saturday."The Gujarat government has put together a cold chain infrastructure to store and transport the COVID-19 vaccine and made lists of priority beneficiaries. The first priority will be given to healthcare workers," he said while addressing the convocation ceremony at Marwadi University on Saturday."Around 3.96 lakh healthcare workers, including 2.71 lakh government doctors, nurses, and lab technicians as well as 1.25 lakh doctors, nurses, lab technicians and employees of private hospitals engaged in the COVID-19 duty will be given the first priority.

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Adapted yellow fever vaccine may protect against COVID-19

In addition, it appears to provide protection after a single shot, whereas SARS-CoV-2 vaccines such as the one that Pfizer and BioNTech have developed require two doses 1 month apart. “This has important logistical implications, in particular for countries with a less advanced medical system,” explains Prof.

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Delhi: 11% of symptomatic negative cases in rapid antigen tests found Covid positive via RT-PCR

New Delhi: Nearly 11 per cent of those in the national capital who tested negative for COVID-19 in rapid antigen tests (RAT) but had symptoms for the disease were found to have been afflicted by the viral infection in RT-PCR test between September 1 and November 7, according to official data.Out of the 56,862 symptomatic patients who tested negative in rapid antigen tests, 32,903 were retested through RT-PCR and of them 3,524 were found COVID-19 positive, according to the data shared by health authorities in response to an RTI query filed by a PTI reporter.In order to effectively curb the spread of coronavirus infection, the Union Health Ministry had in September asked all states and Union Territories to mandatorily retest all symptomatic

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Haskins & Talgo: Coronavirus school closings are hurting students — it’s time to reopen

Children throughout the U.S. are being harmed by being kept out of school in response to the coronavirus pandemic, even though the overwhelming majority don’t face a significant risk from the virus.

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Six dead at Scots care home amid coronavirus outbreak after 39 people test positive for killer bug

Covid-19 cluster was identified. Health chiefs confirmed that half a dozen people who are linked to the outbreak at Craigie House Care Home in Crossgates have now lost their lives.

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The Latest: Oregon doc's anti-mask comment draws suspension

sweeping new virus lockdown— China prepares large-scale rollout of coronavirus vaccines— Europe battles surge in coronavirus deaths in nursing homes— Ethiopia’s conflict stokes humanitarian and virus crisis___Follow AP’s coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak___HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:ST. LOUIS — St.

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Vaccinations in US may start on Friday amid Covid’s worst

Vaccinations in the US could begin as early as Friday, with the Food and Drug Administration set to vote on emergency-use authorization for the Pfizer Inc./BioNtech SE shot the day before, an FDA adviser told NBC News.The covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc.

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England tour of South Africa in jeopardy after hotel staff test positive for coronavirus

The first ODI between South Africa and England has been cancelled due to two positive covid test results from members of their hotel staff.

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Full list of 50 hospitals to roll out coronavirus vaccine this week - where's your nearest hub?

Britain's rollout of the world's first coronavirus vaccine will start on Tuesday, raising hopes this is the beginning of the pandemic's end.

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'SNL' addresses Staten Island coronavirus protest, mall Santas during pandemic

"Saturday Night Live" this weekend did several sketches on the coronavirus, including one about last week's Staten Island, N.Y., demonstration following the arrest of a bar owner who allegedly defied government restrictions on indoor dining. Cast member Pete Davidson, a native of Staten Island, said the bar in question, Mac’s Public House, is in an area of New York City with the second-highest number of confirmed cases of the virus -- and restaurants there are allowed to serve food only outdoors.

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Decoded: Immune system's requirements for protection against Covid-19

COVID-19."In this study, we define the role of antibodies versus T cells in protection against COVID-19 in monkeys.

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Virgin Media’s Zara King on the tragic stories behind COVID numbers

Virgin Media’s Zara King has been to the fore of the station’s coronavirus coverage with her daily updates from the Department of Health.

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Europe battles surge in coronavirus deaths in nursing homes

MADRID – As the two mortuary workers pushed a stretcher with a bagged corpse out of the room, the elderly man in the adjacent bed briefly awakened from his dementia. “Is he dead?” he muttered, extending his arm, trying to touch his roommate for the last time.Reflecting on a scene repeated too many times, one of the workers, Manel Rivera, despaired at the growing number of elderly people dying as the coronavirus resurges.“The sad thing is,” he said of the surviving man in the Barcelona nursing home, “in a few days we'll probably come back for him.”Mortuary workers are again busy around-the-clock in nursing homes and hospices across Europe, amid outbreaks that this time are causing havoc mostly in facilities spared during the spring.

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Covid-19: IISc Bangalore researchers use Raman spectroscopy, AI to detect virus

coronavirus biomarkers in blood plasma using Raman spectroscopy and artificial intelligence (AI).Raman Spectroscopy is a non-destructive chemical analysis technique which provides detailed information about chemical structure, phase and polymorphy, crystallinity and molecular interactions. It is based upon the interaction of light with the chemical bonds within a material.According to the IISc researchers, using artificial intelligence and deep learning, the Covid-19 detection process will be automated and rapid and there will be no requirement of any extraction procedure."It is of critical importance to develop new technologies that can rapidly detect COVID-19 and perform mass testing, and at the same are cost-effective.

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Morgan Wallen relives being uninvited from SNL over breaking COVID-19 safety procedures

Morgan Wallen made his debut on Saturday Night Live after being disinvited back in October.The country singer was bumped from the show after video emerged of him partying and kissing women without a mask, in violation of SNL's COVID-19 safety procedures.In the comic sketch, Wallen relived his night of partying at the University of Alabama, with the evening's host Jason Bateman playing his future self to talk some sense into him.

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Covid spread can be slowed down by new antiviral drug, says researchers

vaccines to control the covid-19 pandemic, researchers at the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University have discovered a way to suppress the virus' spread.

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Optimism over Covid-19 vaccine may drive markets higher: Analysts

markets across the globe to near record levels, analysts said.Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week said a COVID-19 vaccine may be ready in a few weeks as he noted that experts believe the wait for it will not be long, and asserted that the vaccination drive in India will begin as soon as scientists give the nod."Investors to keep a close eye on coronavirus situation and vaccine coupled with development on economic activity," said Sumeet Bagadia, Executive Director, Choice Broking."With all major events behind us, we feel global cues would dictate market trend ahead.

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Coronavirus vaccines: China prepares large-scale rollout of domestically made vaccines

PTI.Health experts say even if they are successful, the certification process for the United States, Europe, Japan and other developed countries might be too complex for them to be used there.However, China said it will ensure the products are affordable for developing countries.Mainland China reports 18 new casesMainland China reported 18 new Covid-19 cases on 5 December, up from 17 cases from a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Sunday.The National Health Commission said in a statement that 17 of the new cases were imported infections.

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Covid crisis sees three times more food banks than McDonald's on Scots high streets

food banks as McDonald’s restaurants, research has found.The Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) has said new analysis to be published shows there are 165 venues where the public can donate food.In addition, there are 129 food banks run by the Trussell Trust charity, bringing the total to 294. It’s feared the number may be even higher.Fast-food giant McDonald’s has 95 outlets in Scotland.IFAN’s Sabine Goodwin said: “This is an incredibly depressing statistic that shows how prevalent food banks are across Scotland, many more than McDonald’s restaurants we see on most high streets and in shopping centres.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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