It comes as countries prepare for the approval and rollout of several vaccines that have proven effective in trials. The WHO however warned against vaccine complacency on Friday and what it said was an erroneous belief that the Covid-19 crisis is over with jabs on the horizon. The United States is expected to give a green light later this month. Meat processing giant Smithfield said it was ready to put the cold rooms at its abattoirs at the disposal of rollout operations. The United States recorded 225,000 new infections on Friday -- the second daily record in a row for the world's worst-hit nation.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 05, 2020 07:18 UTC