Record US virus cases as Russia starts vaccinating: world updateBritain on Wednesday gave emergency approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. - Vaccine for queen -In Britain, it was reported that the 94-year-old monarch will receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine within weeks after UK regulators granted emergency approval. Britain has pre-ordered 40 million doses of the vaccine in total, and is set to receive an initial batch of 800,000 to begin next week's rollout. - Moscow jab rollout -The World Health Organization has warned that vaccines are no magic bullet for the coronavirus crisis, as Russia started vaccinating its high-risk workers and other countries geared up for similar programs. Health officials in Moscow said they had opened 70 coronavirus vaccine centers in the Russian capital that would initially offer jabs for health, education and social workers.

Source: Bangkok Post December 06, 2020 06:33 UTC