21 Dec 2020 / 18:52 H.
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Dec 21 (Reuters) - Britain stood shut off from the rest of Europe on Monday after allies cut transport ties over fears of a new coronavirus strain, sowing chaos for families, truckers and supermarkets just days before the Brexit cliff edge.
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EUROPE Europe s medicines regulator will on Monday assess the COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by U.S. company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech, with a green light putting Europe on course to start inoculations within a week.
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Britain stood shut off from the rest of Europe on Monday after allies cut transport ties over fears of a new coronavirus strain, sowing chaos for families, truckers and supermarkets just days before the Brexit cliff edge. [nL8N2J117O]
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Vaccination rush not justified Brazil s Bolsonaro LISTEN
DEC 21, 2020
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro dismissed the global hurry to buy and distribute coronavirus vaccines in comments posted online on Saturday. The rush is not justified, Bolsonaro said in the video posted on social media by one of his sons, Eduardo Bolsonaro. It is interference in the lives of the people, he said.
The comments came after the Brazilian leader, who has played down the seriousness of the virus from the start of the pandemic, criticized vaccine developers Pfizer and BioNTech on Thursday and seemed to stoke public fears about potential side effects from getting a jab.
Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Rio de Janeiro
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has refused to take any coronavirus vaccine, said on Saturday that he did not think the world’s rush for a vaccine was justified because the pandemic is in his view coming to an end.
New coronavirus cases have not indicated the pandemic is ending. In recent days, several countries including Brazil have reported record numbers of daily cases.
“The pandemic is really reaching its end, the numbers have showed this, we are dealing with small rises now,” said Bolsonaro. “But the rush for the vaccine is not justified because you are playing with people’s lives.”
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