US health officials warned of a surge after millions of Americans traveled to celebrate last week's Thanksgiving holiday despite pleas from authorities to stay home. Also read: China prepares large-scale rollout of Covid-19 vaccinesVaccine for queenIn 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. British health officials are set to use criteria based on age and vulnerability to decide who gets the vaccine first. The WHO cautioned against what it said was an erroneous belief that the pandemic would end soon with vaccines on the horizon. 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: Dhaka Tribune December 06, 2020 07:18 UTC