US lags behind some other countries in Covid-19 vaccinations
From CNN Health s Elizabeth Cohen and Deidre McPhillips
A Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is prepared for staff at a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center in Acton, Massachusetts, on December 28. Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe/Getty Images
The United States is lagging behind several other countries in its Covid-19 vaccination efforts, according to an analysis by CNN of the most recent government data.
In the US:
That’s
46 shots per 100,000 people in the country.
That is significantly lower than the daily vaccination rates for Israel, the UK, and Bahrain.
The daily rate per 100,000 in Israel is 608, for Bahrain it’s 263, and for the UK it’s 60, according to data supplied by those governments.
‘Deep concern’ as Gib registers 180 new Covid cases
Eyleen Gomez 30th December 2020
Gibraltar registered its highest daily spike in new virus cases on Wednesday, with 180 new Covid-19 infections detected in a development that has caused “deep concern” for officials.
The total number of active cases on the Rock rose to 714 cases, including 706 residents and eight visitors to the Rock.
Including cross-border workers detected in Gibraltar but recovering in Spain, the number of active Covid-19 cases would rise to 751.
Five new cases were recorded among Elderly Care Services residents, and at present there are 15 patients in the hospital, with 12 in the Covid Ward and three individuals in the Covid Critical Care Unit.
After intensive negotiations, the European Commission has reached an agreement with the United Kingdom on the terms of its future cooperation with the European Union. The agreement covers not just trade in goods and services, but also a broad range of other areas in the EU s interest,
such as investment, competition, State aid, tax transparency, air and road transport, energy and sustainability, fisheries, data protection, and social security coordination.
It provides for zero tariffs and zero quotas on all goods that comply with the appropriate rules of origin.
Both parties have committed to ensuring a robust level playing field by maintaining high levels of protection in areas such as environmental protection, the fight against climate change and carbon pricing, social and labour rights, tax transparency and State aid, with effective, domestic enforcement, a binding dispute settlement mechanism and the possibility for both parties to take remedial measures.
Let s look forward and embrace, as a united country, global opportunities
For centuries, Britons have been leading the way, now we are writing the next bright chapter in our nation’s long history
27 December 2020 • 9:30pm
On Christmas Eve, after years of wrangling, the UK and EU reached an historic new deal which delivers on the democratic mandate from the referendum and general election, preserves trade with our European partners, and marks the beginning of a bright new chapter for our country.
There is no role for the European Court, and we are free to implement our points-based immigration system.
We’ve also reinforced all four nations of our precious union.
EU-UK Trade And Cooperation Agreement: Protecting European Interests, Ensuring Fair Competition, And Continued Cooperation In Areas Of Mutual Interest Date
24/12/2020
After intensive negotiations, the European Commission has reached today an agreement with the United Kingdom on the terms of its future cooperation with the European Union.
President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen said:
“It was worth fighting for this deal because we now have a fair and balanced agreement with the UK, which will protect our European interests, ensure fair competition, and provide much needed predictability for our fishing communities. Finally, we can leave Brexit behind us and look to the future. Europe is now moving on.”