Most Americans unlikely to get coronavirus vaccine until well into 2021
EVEN if the most optimistic projections hold true and a Covid-19 vaccine is cleared for U.S. use in November, the vast majority of Americans won’t be able to get the shots until spring or summer next year at the earliest.
HK tycoon arrested under national security law
HONG KONG — Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai became the highest-profile arrest under a new national security law on Monday, detained over suspected collusion with foreign forces as scores of police searched the offices of his Apple Daily newspaper.
Australia borders to stay shut as COVID-19 daily deaths surge
SYDNEY — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said internal border closures were unlikely to lift before Christmas, as the country on Monday reported a record single-day rise in COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) deaths.
Bill Gates says US virus testing has ‘mind-blowing’ problems
MICROSOFT Corp. founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said it’s “mind-blowing” that the U.S. government hasn’t improved Covid-19 testing that he described as slow and lacking fair access.
COVID’s spreading fast because billions don’t have water to wash
A severe household water shortage facing two out of five people in the world is undermining efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
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Trump signs executive orders for coronavirus relief
BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY — President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Saturday partly restoring enhanced unemployment payments to the tens of millions of Americans who lost jobs in the coronavirus pandemic, as the United States marked a grim milestone of 5 million cases.
NZ records 100 days without domestic virus case
WELLINGTON — New Zealand marked 100 days without a domestic transmission of the coronavirus on Sunday, but warned against complacency as countries like Vietnam and Australia, which once had the virus under control, now battle a resurgence in infections.
US lifts global health coronavirus travel advisory
WASHINGTON — The US State Department and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention on Thursday lifted global advisories recommending US citizens avoid all...
Indonesia bets on $100B state spend to revive growth
Indonesia’s government will spend aggressively in the coming months to support a nascent economic recovery after measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic sent Southeast...
Fauci expects tens of millions of coronavirus vaccine doses at start of 2021
WASHINGTON - Drugmakers will likely have tens of millions of doses of coronavirus vaccines in the early part of next year, Anthony Fauci, the...
Hiroshima marks 75 years since atomic bombing in scaled-back ceremony
TOKYO - Bells tolled in Hiroshima on Thursday for the 75th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing, with ceremonies downsized due to the...
Google pulls 2,500 China-linked YouTube channels over disinformation
Google says it has deleted more than 2,500 YouTube channels tied to China as part of its effort to weed out disinformation on the...
