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► A second COVID-19 vaccine has been authorized for emergency use in the U.S. by the Food and Drug Administration. Trucks will begin moving the vaccine this weekend, with the first of 5.9 million already manufactured Moderna shots expected to be given on Monday.
► The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization, Dr. Michael Ryan, said a team of international experts looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic will travel to China the first week of January. The team will visit the suspected site of the outbreak in the city of Wuhan. “The purpose of the mission is to go to the original point at which human cases were detected and that we fully expect to do that,” Ryan said.
NEW YORK – Billy Cole said the restaurant has lost tens of thousands of dollars since the start of the pandemic, if not $100,000.
Workers have been furloughed and salaries cut at Little Dokebi, a Korean restaurant in Brooklyn s Greenpoint neighborhood. Despite the losses, it s been one of the lucky ones because it s on a corner with plenty of outdoor dining space, said Cole, the general manager.
After this week s snowstorm signaled the start of cold weather and the governor renewed a ban on indoor dining, Cole knows it s going to be almost exclusively takeout and delivery orders that drive business for the next several months.
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NEW YORK – Billy Cole said the restaurant has lost tens of thousands of dollars since the start of the pandemic, if not $100,000.
Workers have been furloughed and salaries cut at Little Dokebi, a Korean restaurant in Brooklyn s Greenpoint neighborhood. Despite the losses, it s been one of the lucky ones because it s on a corner with plenty of outdoor dining space, said Cole, the general manager.