US vaccine campaign launches with first shipments ‘delivering hope’ to millions
CARGO PLANES and trucks with the first US shipments of coronavirus vaccine fanned out from FedEx and UPS hubs in Tennessee and Kentucky on Sunday en route to distribution points around the country, launching an immunization project of unprecedented scope and complexity.
A stock trader’s guide to the global COVID vaccine rollout
As COVID-19 vaccines start to receive emergency approvals, the race is on to distribute the one product that billions of people across the world will want. That’s creating investment opportunities as traders examine the companies involved in the global rollout.
Spain could develop coronavirus herd immunity by end of summer 2021, minister says
MADRID — Spain should achieve herd immunity from COVID-19 by the end of summer 2021 if enough people are vaccinated by then, the health minister said in an interview published on Sunday.
South Korea orders schools to shut as COVID-19 cases spike
South Korea ordered schools to close from Tuesday in the capital Seoul and surrounding areas as it battles its worst outbreak of novel coronavirus since the pandemic began, surpassing the previous peak in February.
As pandemic spurs a tidying-up frenzy, Japan’s market for second-hand goods booms
TOKYO — When Japan announced a state of emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic this year, people were urged to declutter their homes to pass the time, with Tokyo’s governor even roping in household-organizing celebrity Marie Kondo in promotional videos.
Suspected Russian hackers spied on US Treasury e-mails — sources
WASHINGTON — Hackers believed to be working for Russia have been monitoring internal e-mail traffic at the US Treasury and Commerce departments, according to...
Vaccine ‘D-day’ set to start in US
THE FIRST coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine arrived in record time, an essential step toward ending the pandemic. Now comes the hard part: producing enough shots to immunize the majority of the US population and then getting them into everyone’s arms by next summer.
Pope commits Vatican to achieve zero carbon emissions in 30 years
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis urged countries on Saturday to work towards net zero carbon emissions and committed Vatican City — the world’s smallest state — to reaching the target by 2050.
Peru suspends Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine trial after ‘adverse event’
LIMA — Peru suspended trials for China’s Sinopharm coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine due to a “serious adverse event” that occurred with one of the volunteers for the study, the Peruvian government said in a statement on Saturday.
Sweden’s COVID workers are quitting in dangerous numbers
Sweden faces a shortage of health-care workers as the number of resignations ticks up after a relentless year of caring for COVID patients.
First US shots in COVID-19 vaccine campaign coming Monday, Army general says
The first shots in a massive US COVID-19 vaccine campaign will be administered as early as Monday, with Pfizer Inc. and partners aiming to start shipments across the hard-hit country on Sunday, an Army general organizing the rollout said.
UN chief urges leaders of every country to declare ‘climate emergency’
LONDON/BRUSSELS — United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on every country to declare a “climate emergency” on Saturday, as world leaders marking the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate accord made mostly incremental pledges relative to the scale of the crisis.
