General sorry f or ‘miscommunication’ over vaccine shipments — UK nixes Christmas gatherings, shuts London shops over virus— Another US coronavirus record; vaccine shipments reduced — As companies around the globe race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and nations scramble to secure millions of doses, questions about the use of pork-derived ingredients has begun to play a role in the purchasing and planned distribution. — California hospitals are battling to find beds to house patients amid fears that the exploding coronavirus infection rate will exhaust resources and health care workers.— Israel’s prime minister has been vaccinated against the coronavirus, making him the first Israeli and among the world’s first leaders to be inoculated..