Biden to Release More Doses: Virus Update Bloomberg 1/8/2021 Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) President-elect Joe Biden says he’ll distribute more of the available doses of coronavirus vaccines, as the U.S. surpassed 4,000 daily fatalities for the first time. New York City has 270,000 unused vaccine doses that it’s seeking to administer to residents over age 75, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. Maine broke records for infections and deaths.
London’s mayor declared an emergency as the U.K. reported record fatalities. Germany also reported the most daily deaths since the start of the pandemic.
As the U.K. approved the Moderna Inc. vaccine for emergency use, the European Union secured an extra 300 million doses of the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE shot. Iran banned U.S. and U.K. vaccinations.
Biden to Release More Doses: Virus Update Bloomberg 1/8/2021 Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) President-elect Joe Biden says he’ll distribute more of the available doses of coronavirus vaccines, as the U.S. surpassed 4,000 daily fatalities for the first time. New York City has 270,000 unused vaccine doses that it’s seeking to administer to residents over age 75, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. Maine broke records for infections and deaths.
London’s mayor declared an emergency as the U.K. reported record fatalities. Germany also reported the most daily deaths since the start of the pandemic.
As the U.K. approved the Moderna Inc. vaccine for emergency use, the European Union secured an extra 300 million doses of the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE shot. Iran banned U.S. and U.K. vaccinations.
Updated 10:08 a.m. ET, January 9, 2021
What you need to know
The US reported more than 4,000 Covid-19 deaths in a single day for the first time during the pandemic, Johns Hopkins University data showed.
The UK has introduced mandatory coronavirus testing for all international arrivals and extended a southern Africa travel ban to curb a new Covid-19 variant.
China has locked down Shijiazhuang,
a city of 11 million people in Hebei province, in an effort to contain the country s worst coronavirus flare-up in months.
Australia s Greater Brisbane has entered a three-day lockdown to stop the spread of the UK strain of Covid-19.
Major incident declared in London due to Covid-19 s pressure on hospitals
From CNN s Martin Goillandeau in London
Paramedics from the British Emergency Ambulance Response Service (BEARS) transport a patient to Guy s and St Thomas Hospital in London on January 7. Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has declared a “major incident” in the English capital “due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus (.) and the increase of Covid-19 cases in hospitals, which has left the NHS at risk of being overwhelmed,” according to a statement published on the Mayor’s office website on Friday.
The decision comes “as the number of Covid-19 cases in London has exceeded 1,000 per 100,000, putting immense pressure on an already stretched NHS,” the statement said.
Spain’s Health Minister Salvador Illa has said that the country will receive the first batch of the coronavirus vaccine developed by Moderna in 7-10 days.