New Year’s revelries muted by virus as curtain draws on 2020— Wisconsin hospital worker arrested for spoiled vaccine doses— Brazil scrambles to approve virus vaccine as pressure mounts— California surpassed 25,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic and officials disclosed that three more cases involving a mutant variant of the virus have been confirmed in San Diego County. — France’s government is pledging to pick up the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations after being criticized for a glacially slow rollout.