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The rollout of COVID vaccinations in Europe isn t going as smoothly as officials hoped, with critics saying governments didn t prepare sufficiently for the inevitable procurement and logistical challenges in what amounts to the biggest mass inoculation campaign ever seen.
A series of logistical missteps marred the first week of the European Union s vaccine strategy, say critics, prompting public frustration with the pace of inoculations. French President Emanuel Macron has castigated his own ministers for the painfully slow start of France s inoculation effort, which saw only 400 people receive their initial Pfizer-Biontech jab in the first week the program started.
US surgeon general says Covid-19 projections are scary, but urges Americans to keep following precautions
US Surgeon General Jerome Adams speaks with CNN on Sunday, January 3. CNN
US Surgeon General Jerome Adams called on the American people to continue to take Covid-19 precautions as cases surge following the Thanksgiving holiday, and the impacts of travel over the Christmas holiday continue to unfold. I want people to know the projections are pretty scary, but they are projections. What we do now matters. If you gathered over the holidays outside of your household without a mask, there are still measures you can take right now, Adams told CNN s Jake Tapper.
Batches of Oxford vaccine arrive at UK hospitals ahead of nationwide roll-out Tom Gillespie, news reporter
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Batches of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine have started arriving at UK hospitals ahead of the jab s nationwide roll-out.
Some 530,000 doses of the treatment will be available for roll-out across the UK from Monday, with vulnerable groups already identified as the priority for immunisation.
The vaccine has been developed in the UK by Oxford University and the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca.
The roll-out will begin after England s chief medical officer Chris Whitty warned vaccine shortages are likely to cause problems
for several months .
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