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Published: 18 Dec 2020 08:16 AM BdST
Updated: 18 Dec 2020 08:16 AM BdST A small shopping basket filled with vials labelled COVID-19 - Coronavirus Vaccine and a medical sryinge are placed on a Moderna logo
A panel of outside advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday overwhelmingly endorsed emergency use of Moderna Inc s coronavirus vaccine, virtually assuring a second option for protecting against COVID-19 for a pandemic ravaged nation. );
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The committee voted 20-0 with one abstention that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh its risks in people aged 18 and older, one week after the same panel backed a similar vaccine from Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE, leading to an FDA emergency use authorization (EUA) a day later.
States say federal government cutting COVID-19 vaccine allocations
A sign announcing the beginning of immunizations against COVID-19 at the Pittsburgh VA Medical Center on in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photo: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images
Officials in several states have said the federal government told them to expect fewer doses of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine next week than originally anticipated.
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2.9 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine were shipped this week as the U.S. started it s largest vaccination campaign in the nation s history. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Wednesday that 2 million more doses of the Pfizer vaccine and 5.9 million doses of the Moderna vaccine could be allocated next week, per CNBC.
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December 18, 2020
PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron is blaming his positive coronavirus test on negligence and bad luck.
He’s urging citizens to stay safe as critics called out slip-ups in his virus-prevention behavior, including a close handshake and repeated group meals in the past week.
Macron spent two days in negotiations at the EU summit in Brussels with the leaders of the other 26 member countries. Macron and most EU leaders were not masked at various times.
In a video from the presidential retreat where he is isolating, Macron promised Friday to give daily updates on his illness. His symptoms include headaches, fatigue and a dry cough.
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