South Korea could face a lockdown for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials are considering raising restrictions to the highest level as the country battles its worst wave of infections. Over 700 new infections were confirmed on Dec 14. Testing has recently been ramped up to about 89,000 people a day, compared to just 22,000 in early October.
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Monday, December 14, 2020
How a COVID-19 vaccine was developed in record time
The fastest vaccine developed to date has been for mumps and that took four years. Now the coronavirus vaccine will take over as a medical textbook legend. The start of the first mass immunisations has begun in Britain, in less than a year.
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Watch the first health workers receive Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine in New York
Two health workers in New York volunteer to be the first people vaccinated in the state. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://cnb.cx/2NGeIvi
The United States on Monday administered the first shots of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to health-care workers, marking a pivotal moment in the country’s long march to bring the virus under control.
The vaccine comes at an urgent time, with the U.S. nearing 300,000 total Covid-19 deaths and top health officials warning that daily new deaths might not slow for months, even with a vaccine.
With limited doses available, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised states prioritize distribution to frontline health-care workers and long-term care residents, who are among the most vulnerable to the disease.
The swift rollout of the vaccine promises to be a monumental logistical challenge. The federal government has partnered with UPS, FedEx, McKesson, CVS, Walgreens, among others, to help distribute the vaccine and actually administer it. But state officials have warned that the so-called last-mile delivery of the vaccine will be the most challenging, and local officials are largely responsible for that effort. State officials have repeatedly called on the federal government to provide more funding to hasten the effort.
“There is not one part of this country that’s not being touched today through Wednesday,” Gen. Gustave Perna, who’s in charge of logistics for Operation Warp Speed, said Monday at a briefing. “It is not a one-and-done delivery. It is a consistent flow of ordering, preparation and delivery.”
With distribution challenges ahead and the outbreak still raging, officials and health-care workers took time Monday to celebrate the arrival of the vaccine, and the hope it represents. Across the country, images flowed in of health-care workers receiving their first shots and the first doses arriving at more than one hundred distribution sites.
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Tampa Nurse Is First To Receive Post-Trial Covid-19 Vaccine In Florida
A frontline nurse in Tampa receives Florida's first coronavirus vaccine as Governor Ron DeSantis stands by.
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14 Disember 2020 - Sidang Media Perkembangan Terkini COVID-19 Di Malaysia
Sidang media oleh YBhg. Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan Malaysia berkenaan perkembangan terkini COVID-19 di Malaysia
COVID-19 vaccines delivered to all 50 states
The first vials of the Pfizer vaccine are now in place.
Covid-19 vaccine makes Belgian dry ice a hot commodity
A Belgian dry ice maker said it had seen a big rise in demand for its products with the carbon dioxide-based cooling agent having become key to transporting some types of Covid-19 vaccine.
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Covid-19 in SG: Covid-19 vaccine to be free for all S'poreans and long-term residents currently here
During his nationwide address on Dec. 14, PM Lee announced that Singapore will be one of the first countries to obtain the vaccines and that there would be enough vaccines for everyone in Singapore by 3Q2021. Priority will be given to healthcare workers and frontline personnel, as well as the elderly and vulnerable. #Covid19 #Singapore #Vaccine
COVID-19: Singapore to move to Phase 3 of reopening on Dec 28
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announces Singapore will move to Phase 3 of its reopening on Dec 28. It will allow groups of 8 to congregate, up from the current maximum of 5.
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Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in Singapore, says PM Lee
Singapore has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against #COVID19, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday (Dec 14). Vaccinations will be made free for all Singaporeans and long-term residents, he added.
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