NEW YORK – The U.S. COVID-19 vaccination campaign has begun, and the few available doses are mostly going into the arms of health-care workers and nursing home residents.

But what about in January, February and March, when more shots are expected to become available? Who should get those doses?A federal panel of vaccination experts takes up that question at an emergency meeting this weekend.

No matter what the committee decides, there will be differences from state to state.The panelists are leaning toward putting “essential workers” first because bus drivers, grocery store clerks and similar employees can’t work from home.

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South Korea reports first cases of U.K. coronavirus variant

coronavirus vaccination program as the country on Monday announced it had detected its first cases of the virus variant linked to the rapid rise in infections in Britain.The new variant, thought to be more transmissible than others currently circulating, was found in three people who had entered South Korea from London on Dec. 22, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Monday.

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Coronavirus vaccine rollout: 4 states gear up for vaccination dry run on 28, 29 Dec

Covid-19 inoculation drive will focus on:1) The Centre's end-to-end dry run for Covid-19 vaccination will also focus on the management of any possible adverse events following immunisation, cold storage and transportation arrangements, and crowd management at session sites with proper physical distance.2) "This exercise will enable end-to-end mobilisation and testing of Covid-19 vaccination process (except the vaccine) and check the usage of Co-WIN in field environment, linkages between planning, implementation and reporting mechanisms, identify challenges and guide the way forward prior to actual implementation including improvements that may be required in the envisaged process," the health ministry said in a statement.3) In addition,

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After Biden, Fauci shows concern that Covid may get worse after the holidays

Dr Anthony Fauci said on Sunday."The reason I'm concerned and my colleagues in public health are concerned also is that we very well might see a post-seasonal, in the sense of Christmas, New Year's, surge," CNN quoted Fauci as saying. "We are really at a very critical point....

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COVID jabs for all in EU soon, EU Comm prez says first protect the vulnerable

vaccination day, as people across the European Union take jabs, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen expressed that she is touched and vaccines will be soon available for all.Posting a video of people taking vaccines in different EU nations, she tweeted, "Today the first Europeans are getting vaccinated against COVID-19. I'm touched to see people taking the vaccine everywhere across the EU.

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More cases of new COVID-19 variant confirmed in Ontario and B.C.

British Columbia is the second province to detect the new COVID-19 variant, originally found in the United Kingdom, while a third case was confirmed in Ontario.

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Army of 10,000 medics and volunteers recruited to deliver Oxford Covid-19 vaccine

An army of 10,000 medics and volunteers has reportedly been drafted in to help deliver Britain's second Covid inoculation, with the first jabs expected to be administered in days.

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Seminole County leaders say they’re ready for increased vaccination demand

Seminole County emergency leaders said they’re already booked for this week as far as appointments to give out COVID-19 vaccinations.Seminole is one of a few counties statewide to begin vaccinating residents 65 and older, outside of long term care facilities.Leaders said they’re ready.TAKE PKGAlan Harris/Seminole County Emergency Manager7:29-7:32“We will be doing up to 700 a day,” said Alan Harris, Seminole County Emergency Manager. Harris said the county plans to vaccinate more than 7500 senior residents over the next two weeks, and it kicks off Monday morning at the Ovideo Mall.“Now that we don’t have to go into long term care facilities — CVS and Walgreens are doing that — all of our doses are being shifted to 65 and older,” he said.

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Brits to be given Covid in 'human challenge trials' starting next month

coronavirus to speed up research of an experimental nasal vaccine, a report says. The 18 to 30-year-olds will be given the bug in a "secure bio-containment suite" starting next month with the first results expected by May, the Times said.

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Coronavirus: Winnipeg’s RBC Convention Centre vaccination clinic opening Jan. 4

COVID-19 vaccinations.Starting Jan. 4, 2021, the clinic will move to the convention centre.There were no immunization clinics held Dec.

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Oxford coronavirus vaccine approved 'in days' and lockdown 'over by February'

Lockdowns could end as soon as February if the Oxford vaccine gets the nod from regulators within days.

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Fauci: US taking hard look at variant of coronavirus

WASHINGTON – U.S. health officials believe the coronavirus mutation that set off alarms in parts of Britain is no more apt to cause serious illness or be resistant to vaccines than the strain afflicting people in the United States but it still must be taken “very seriously,” the government’s top infectious disease expert said Sunday.Dr.

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Florida serviceman charged in Illinois bowling alley shooting that killed 3

ROCKFORD, Ill. – A U.S. Army special forces sergeant based in Florida has been charged in an apparently random shooting at an Illinois bowling alley that left three people dead and three wounded, authorities said Sunday.Winnebago County State’s Attorney J.

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Fauci claims herd immunity numbers were 'guestimates,' settles on 75-80%

FILE - Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, gives the thumbs up after receiving his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the National Institutes of Health on December 22, 2020 in Bethesda, Marylan (Patrick Semansky-Pool/Getty Images)Dr.

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Posh Brits offering £2,000 to jump Covid vaccine queue through private clinics

pounds to skip the queue for Covid vaccines. People "with almost infinite money" are desperate to get the jab privately after losing relatives to the virus, a report says.

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‘Believe in science’: European countries start coronavirus vaccine rollout as cases surge

European Union to receive the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine Sunday in a symbolic show of unity and moment of hope for a continent confronting its worst health care crisis in a century.Weeks after the U.S., Canada and Britain began inoculations with the same vaccine, the 27-nation bloc staged a co-ordinated rollout aimed at projecting a unified message that the shot was safe and Europe’s best chance to emerge from the pandemic.For health care workers who have been battling the virus with only masks and shields to protect themselves, the vaccines represented an emotional relief as the virus continues to kill.

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Man charged in Illinois bowling alley shooting that killed 3

ROCKFORD, Ill. – A U.S. serviceman from Florida has been charged in an apparently random shooting at an Illinois bowling alley that left three people dead and three wounded, authorities said Sunday.Winnebago County State’s Attorney J.

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Covid-19 caused chaos for investors in 2020 but these hedge funds made billions

Light Street Capital ManagementPalo Alto, Calif.Glen Kacher, 49, started focusing on the novel coronavirus in early March after learning how rapidly it spread on cruise ships. He put on a series of bets against travel-related companies, including hotels and airlines, and made 10% in March.

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Wars, instability pose coronavirus vaccine challenges in poor nations

Arifullah Khan had just administered another polio vaccine when the gunfire blasted from the nearby hills. "It happened so suddenly.There was so much gunfire it felt like an explosion," he said, recalling details of the attack five years ago in Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal region near the Afghan border.

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AstraZeneca believes vaccine will work against COVID-19 variant

A medical syringe and a vial in front of the AstraZeneca British biopharmaceutical company logo are seen in this creative photo taken on 18 November 2020. Pfizer and Biontech announced its conclude phase 3 study of COVID-19 vaccine candidate with 95% LONDON - The head of drugmaker AstraZeneca, which is developing a coronavirus vaccine widely expected to be approved by U.K.

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Magic beat Wizards130-120 despite Westbrook’s historic night

WASHINGTON – The Orlando Magic beat Washington 130-120 on Saturday night, overcoming another triple-double by Russell Westbrook in his home debut for the Wizards.Westbrook had 15 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists to become the fourth player in NBA history to record a triple-double in his team’s first two games. Magic Johnson (twice), Jerry Lucas, and Oscar Robertson previously accomplished the feat.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci Reveals Whether He Had Side Effects After First Dose of Moderna Coronavirus Vaccine

Dr. Anthony Fauci is feeling fine.

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‘Everyone is scared’: Nations face COVID-19 vaccine challenges amid wars, instability

vaccine when the gunfire blasted from the nearby hills.“It happened so suddenly. There was so much gunfire it felt like an explosion,” he said, recalling details of the attack five years ago in Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal region near the Afghan border.A bullet shattered his thigh and he fell to the ground.

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Cold chain doubts delay Covid-19 vaccinations in some German cities

BioNTech and Pfizer may not have been kept cold enough during transit."When reading the temperature loggers that were enclosed in the cool boxes, doubts arose about the compliance with the cold chain requirements," the district of Lichtenfels in the north of Germany's largest state Bavaria said in a statement.Medical staff found that the temperature in one vaccine transport cool box had risen to 15 degrees Celsius, a spokesman for Lichtenfels said, above the maximum of 8C stipulated by the manufacturers.BioNTech said it had responded to queries from the districts on whether the shots could still be used but declined to specify what it had told them.

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Covid-19: France takes careful vaccine approach to counter skepticism

Paris: While governments across Europe kicked off their virus vaccination plans this weekend with fanfare, France took a more low-key approach because of widespread skepticism among it citizens around the vaccines.After the first shots were injected Sunday into the arm of 78-year-old Mauricette, a woman in a long-term care facility near Paris, President Emmanuel Macron appealed to his compatriots: “Let’s have trust in our researchers and doctors. We are the nation of the Enlightenment and of (vaccine pioneer Louis) Pasteur.

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AstraZeneca: Shot will be effective against COVID-19 variant

LONDON – The head of drugmaker AstraZeneca, which is developing a coronavirus vaccine widely expected to be approved by U.K. authorities this week, said Sunday that researchers believe the shot will be effective against a new variant of the virus driving a rapid surge in infections in Britain.AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot also told the Sunday Times that researchers developing its vaccine have figured out a “winning formula” making the jab as effective as rival candidates.

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France takes careful vaccine approach to counter skepticism

PARIS – While governments across Europe kicked off their virus vaccination plans this weekend with fanfare, France took a more low-key approach because of widespread skepticism among it citizens around the vaccines.After the first shots were injected Sunday into the arm of 78-year-old Mauricette, a woman in a long-term care facility near Paris, President Emmanuel Macron appealed to his compatriots: “Let’s have trust in our researchers and doctors. We are the nation of the Enlightenment and of (vaccine pioneer Louis) Pasteur.

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Visit restrictions amid COVID-19 caused ‘spike in depression’ in long-term care homes

long-term care home where the first Canadian died of COVID-19.Nine months later, Drew said visiting restrictions that were initially needed at facilities like the Lynn Valley Care Centre are now causing more harm than good for her dad and other residents who are mostly confined to their rooms. ‘Scared to death’: Boston doctor suffers severe allergic reaction after Moderna vaccine That’s where she fears 96-year-old Graham Drew will die alone.“It’s very hard because he’s getting depressed.

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Shooting at Illinois bowling alley leaves three dead, three injured

Illinois bowling alley, killing three people and injuring three others Saturday night in what authorities believe was a random attack.A "person of interest" was taken into custody after the shooting at Don Carter Lanes, Rockford Police Chief Dan O’Shea said during a news conference. He said two of those who were shot were teenagers.O’Shea did not immediately release additional information about the victims or the person who was taken into custody.

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Putin to receive Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus: Kremlin

MOSCOW : Russia's President Vladimir Putin will receive the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a Russian state TV channel on Sunday."He said he will be vaccinated, he made this decision and was waiting until all formalities are completed," the spokesman was quoted as saying to Rossiya 1 TV Channel on its website.Russia launched a voluntary vaccination programme with the Russia-made Sputnik V vaccine earlier in December, starting with the most vulnerable groups in Moscow.People over the age of 60 may begin to apply for shots on Monday, Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on his website on Sunday, the day after the Russian health ministry said the vaccine was approved for use by elderly people after

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'No Corona, Corona No': Ramdas Athawale coins slogan for new Covid-19 strain

COVID-19 vaccine will be available in the country in one or two months.Once the vaccine comes, "corona will go from here (the country)", he told reporters in Panaji.A vaccine against COVID-19 will be introduced in the country in next one or two months, he said."The coronavirus will be there for another six-seven month, but it has to go one day. Once the vaccine comes, corona will go from here," Athawale had said.Referring to his earlier slogan, he said, "Corona is going down...it is going.

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Where are we in Covid-19 vaccine race? Explained here

Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE, the latest regulatory go-ahead for the shot, while the United States authorised Moderna Inc's vaccine on Dec. 19, the second for the country and the first for the company worldwide.The following is what we know about the race to deliver vaccines to help end the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 1.7 million people worldwide:Who is furthest along?US drugmaker Pfizer and German partner BioNTech are the COVID-19 vaccine trailblazers.On Nov.

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AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has 'winning formula': CEO

The Covid-19 vaccine developed by the British drugs group AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has achieved a "winning formula" for efficacy, the company's chief executive said.

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Singapore panel recommends maximum level of Covid-19 vaccine coverage

SINGAPORE : An expert committee convened by Singapore's health ministry has recommended all residents medically eligible for Covid-19 vaccination to take shots as they become available, although it said vaccination should remain a voluntary option.The recommendation comes as Singapore's success in controlling the virus makes some question whether they should take the jabs.

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Covid vaccine in India: 2-day dry run for vaccination in four states to start tomorrow

dry run starting tomorrow for the largest and most ambitious mass immunisation programme in its history.The dummy vaccination exercise, which will continue for two days, will be carried out in two districts in each of these four states — Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, and Assam — on 28 and 29 December.The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in a statement, said that detailed training modules had been developed for different categories of vaccine handlers and administrators including medical officers, vaccinators, alternate vaccinators, cold chain handlers, supervisors, data managers, ASHA coordinators and others involved in the implementation process at various levels.A detailed checklist has been prepared by the Union Health Ministry

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AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has 'winning formula' for efficacy: CEO Soriot

Covid-19 vaccine developed by the British drugs group AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has achieved a "winning formula" for efficacy, the company's chief executive said on Sunday.The vaccine, which is currently being evaluated by Britain's independent medicines regulator, provides "100% protection" against severe Covid disease requiring hospitalisation, Pascal Soriot said in an interview.He added he believes trials will show his firm has achieved a vaccine efficacy equal to Pfizer-BioNTech at 95% and Moderna at 94.5%."We think we have figured out the winning formula and how to get efficacy that, after two doses, is up there with everybody else," the chief executive said explaining data would be published at "some point".The UK

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India to play vital role in equitable distribution of Covid vaccines around the world: Pharma industry

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Covid, pandemic and lockdown: How 2020 changed the world

novel coronavirus has paralysed economies, devastated communities and confined nearly four billion people to their homes. It has been a year that changed the world like no other for at least a generation, possibly since World War II.More than 1.7 million people died.

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Czech PM receives vaccine as EU roll-out gets underway

Several EU nations have begun vaccinating their most vulnerable groups today as a new coronavirus variant spread internationally and the WHO warned the current pandemic will not be the last.

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European nations eagerly kick off mass COVID-19 vaccinations

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Covid vaccine: Hyderabad set to emerge as global hub for vaccine next year

Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing companies based in Hyderabad are racing to bring out an antidote days before the world is set to brace for a new year amid the pandemic.The Hyderabad city is poised to emerge as a 'saviour' from the deadly virus with the vaccine development process by Bharat Biotech, Biological E Ltd and Aurobindo Pharma, which are currently in various stages, while Dr Reddy's and Hetero have tie-ups for manufacturing the vaccine. Few of these firms have also drawn up plans to scale up their Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing capacities.

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New plans for Oscars could see only Covid vaccinated stars allowed in

It is Hollywood’s most glamorous night of the year, with dozens of Tinseltown’s brightest young actors and actresses swanning down the red carpet. But this year’s Oscars ceremony could be a rather more sedate affair with only ‘wrinklies’ in attendance.

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UK covid restrictions 'could ease in February' if 15million vaccines delivered in time

The UK Government has been told restrictions could ease as early as the end of February if enough people are vaccinated in time, reports claim.

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The Latest: Oman starts vaccinations with 1st batch of shots

Unemployment benefits expire for millions as Trump rages— EU launches vaccine rollout, historic day in virus fight— Millions face new UK virus restrictions; border chaos eases— A wave of COVID-19 has engulfed prisons in Belarus that are packed with people in custody for demonstrating against the nation’s authoritarian president.— Health officials in Thailand say two new clusters of coronavirus cases have been found that appear to be linked to a major outbreak discovered a week earlier among migrant workers in an industrial province near Bangkok. — A Black doctor who died battling COVID-19 complained of racist medical care in widely shared social media posts.

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EU launches vaccine rollout, historic day in virus fight

WARSAW – Medical workers, nursing home residents and politicians are set to be vaccinated against the coronavirus across the European Union on Sunday, part of an effort by the bloc's 27 nations to roll out shots in a coordinated and equitable fashion.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen released a video celebrating the vaccine rollout, calling it “a touching moment of unity” in the battle to protect the bloc's nearly 450 million people from the worst public health crisis in a century.As it turned out, some EU immunizations began a day early in Germany, Hungary and Slovakia.

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Magic beat Wizards 130-120 despite Westbrook’s historic night

WASHINGTON – The Orlando Magic beat Washington 130-120 on Saturday night, overcoming another triple-double by Russell Westbrook in his home debut for the Wizards.Westbrook had 15 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assistst to become the fourth player in NBA history to record a triple-double in his team’s first two games. Magic Johnson (twice), Jerry Lucas, and Oscar Robertson previously accomplished the feat.

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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

US experts debate: Who should be next in line for vaccine?

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