1:19 p.m. ET, December 23, 2020
Russia says Argentina is the first country in Latin America to officially register Sputnik V vaccine
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A nurse shows the Sputnik V vaccine at a clinic in Moscow on December 5. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images
The official Sputnik V Twitter account as well as a statement from the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF-Russia s sovereign wealth fund) announced Wednesday that Argentina is the first country in Latin American to officially register the Covid-19 vaccine. Argentina was the first country in Latin America to officially register Sputnik V. The vaccine was registered under the emergency use authorization procedure and was approved by the regulator, ANMAT, based on the results of Phase III clinical trials in Russia, without additional trials in Argentina, the RDIF statement said.
Britain is host to another mutant coronavirus variant from South Africa, minister says
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Another new COVID-19 strain identified in UK, even more transmissible than first mutant coronavirus strain
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Even as the world deals with a sudden turn in coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-related developments due to the identification of a new virus strain in the United Kingdom (UK), British Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Wednesday sent experts on overdrive by declaring that yet another (in addition to the earlier variant) strain of the coronavirus has been detected.
Hancock said that the new coronavirus strain that was identified today is even more transmissible than the first mutant strain.
The latest coronavirus strain was identified to have originated from South Africa.
New variant is highly concerning, because it is yet more transmissible, health minister said (File)
London:
A new, potentially more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been found in Britain in cases linked to South Africa, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday.
South Africa s health department said last week that a new genetic mutation of the virus had been discovered and might be responsible for a recent surge in infections there. Thanks to the impressive genomic capability of the South Africans, we ve detected two cases of another new variant of coronavirus here in the UK, Hancock told a media briefing.
JERUSALEM Israel’s Health Ministry says it has detected the country’s first known cases of the new variant of the coronavirus.
The ministry announced Wednesday that it found the variant in three people who are in government-run quarantine hotels after returning from the U.K. The source of a fourth case is still under investigation.
Israel this week tightened its restrictions on entering the country, barring nearly all foreigners and requiring all returning Israelis to isolate in state-run hotels for 10 to 14 days. Flights from the U.K., Denmark and South Africa have been banned altogether.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the country is pressing ahead with a vaccination campaign it kicked off this week, while also weighing further lockdown restrictions.
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