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Coronavirus live news: US to get extra doses out of Pfizer vaccine vials; Germany suffers record deaths
Twitter bans false vaccine claims; Germany plans to start vaccinations on 27 December; Biden’s swearing in to have reduced capacityWear masks when you see family for Christmas, WHO urges EuropeansScheme to get Covid vaccine to poorer countries at ‘high risk’ of failure‘On the brink’: Covid pressure mounts at hospitals in Northern IrelandGermany reports record Covid death tollSee all our coronavirus coverage 1.14am GMT Did anyone convey the topsy-turvy world of pandemic life better than two ultra-competitive labradors? When the first lockdown was announced back in March and sports events were cancelled across the country, the Scottish commentator Andrew Cotter found himself staring at a grim year ahead. And so he decided to simply continue commentating … on his dogs.“You can feel the tension,” he said in his soothing soft Scottish accent, over a video of his dogs, Olive and Mabel, racing to empty their bowls. “Olive focused, relentless, tasting absolutely nothing.”Some sports are slower. More about the strategy. pic.twitter.com/JMBaGJ1tSd Related: 'I lost all sense of perspective!' The broadcaster whose dogs became superstars 12.51am GMT The first Covid-19 vaccinations are underway at US nursing homes, where the virus has killed more than 110,000 people, even as the nation struggles to contain a surge so alarming it has spurred California to dispense thousands of body bags and line up refrigerated morgue trucks, AP reports. With the rollout of shots picking up speed Wednesday, lawmakers in Washington closed in on a long-stalled $900 billion coronavirus relief package that would send direct payments of around $600 to most Americans. Meanwhile, the US appeared to be days away from adding a second vaccine to its arsenal.At the same time, a major snowstorm pushing its way into the Northeast raised concern it could disrupt distribution of the first vaccine.Nursing home residents in Florida began receiving shots Wednesday, after nearly 2,000 such vaccinations were administered in West Virginia on Tuesday. Thousands more are scheduled there in the coming days. Other states are expected to follow soon.The elderly and infirm in long-term care have been among the most vulnerable to the virus and, together with health workers, are first in line to get the limited, initial supplies of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech. Nursing home residents and workers account for more than one-third of the nation’s 300,000 or so confirmed deaths from Covid-19. Continue reading...
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