07 January 2021
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- After quick vaccine success, Israel faces new coronavirus woes (The Straits Times All News)
- Analysis: Australia’s current COVID-19 numbers (GoldCoastBulletin.com.au)
- Angela Merkel embroiled in coalition clash as Germany lags behind on vaccine roll out (The Independent)
- Australia urges China to give access to WHO coronavirus experts ‘without delay’ (The Straits Times All News)
- COVID: Get serious, Germany (Deutsche Welle)
- China reports highest Covid-19 figures since July (Today Online)
- China ‘in close communication’ with WHO on Covid-19 origins mission (South China Morning Post)
- Could a deadly pig virus transform Germany’s fixation on ‘cheap meat’? (The Guardian)
- Finland Tax Agency Updates Guidance on Taxation of Income From Work Abroad (Bloomberg Law)
- How Belgium’s second lockdown became a Covid-19 success (New Statesman)
- Italy top in EU for vaccinations, 8th in world (ansa.it)
- Malaysia, Indonesia log record daily jumps in Covid-19 infections (The Straits Times All News)
- Netherlands begins Covid-19 vaccinations, later than other EU nations (australianherald.com latest)
- Over 120 people died outside hospitals in Japan after COVID-19 infections (News On Japan)
- Sweden’s debt office gives $24.5mn loan guarantee to BRA (CH-Aviation)
- Swedish official resigns after being caught holidaying in Spain during pandemic (TheAge.com)
- The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 (NationalPost.com)
- Total 71 persons detected with new coronavirus strain in India (Yahoo! India)
- UK – Boris Johnson gives bosses the sunlit uplands treatment (Politico.eu)
- UK – Boris Johnson says schools will be first to open after lockdown (BBC)
- UK – Boris Johnson shows why optimism is now key in the fight against Covid-19 (Irish Times)
- UK – Britain’s Covid restrictions could last until end of March – Boris Johnson (Irish Times)
- UK – Calls for Scottish Government to give daily Covid-19 vaccination updates after Johnson promises ‘jab by jab’ report (The Scotsman)
- UN whistleblower files complaint against WHO after pressure to falsify data about Italy’s plan against Covid (The Independent)
- US – Applications for Michigan COVID-19 relief not ready until at least Jan. 14, likely later (Detroit Free Press)
- US – CDC Media Telebriefing: Update on COVID-19 (CDC Online Newsroom)
- US – CDC foresees spread in U.S. of highly contagious coronavirus variant (Washington Post)
- US – CDC reports severe allergic reactions from COVID-19 vaccinations rare (The Hill)
- US – California governor proposes $600 pandemic stimulus for low-income residents (NationalPost.com)
- US – California hospitals prepping for grim COVID-19 choices (star-telegram.com)
- US – California schools need more than Newsom’s $2 billion to reopen, superintendents say (Fresno Bee)
- US – Daily coronavirus updates: Connecticut’s daily positivity rate jumps to 8.55%; hospitalizations dip (Hartford Courant)
- US – Florida’s COVID-19 numbers continue to deteriorate (Orlando Sentinel)
- US – Maryland reports record 1,862 people currently hospitalized with coronavirus (star-telegram.com)
- US – More infectious COVID-19 variant in at least five U.S. states – NIH Director (Reuters UK)
- US – Petrol, profit and the pandemic: Idaho stores deny they gouged gas customers (Idaho Statesman)
- US – Severe allergic reactions after COVID-19 vaccination are ‘exceedingly rare,’ CDC says (FOXNews.com)
- US – South Dakota, New Hampshire, West Virginia lead in getting COVID-19 shots into arms (Washington Times)
- US – Transcript: CDC Update on COVID-19 (CDC Online Newsroom)
- US – U.S. sets highest daily COVID death toll on Tuesday (Atlanta Journal And Constitution)
- US – Wednesday coronavirus update: 67 more Minnesota fatalities push state toll to 5,528 (TwinCities.com)
- WHO ‘disappointed’ after scientists seeking to study origins of coronavirus blocked from entering China (New York Daily News)
- WHO’s latest situation report (WHO)
- Amazon buys jets from airlines to boost shipping (Taipei Times Online)
- Amazon, Home Depot, Costco warehouses hit by coronavirus outbreaks, LA County says (FOXBusiness.com)
- Apple users end 2020 by spending $1.8-bn on apps, most of it on games (Business Standard India)
- AstraZeneca applies for emergency use for vaccine in Philippines (Jakarta Post)
- BMW brings MINI Paddy Hopkirk Edition to India at Rs 41.7 lakh (Economic Times)
- Bayer, CureVac form alliance on COVID vaccine (Deutsche Welle)
- Covid UK: Google restored TalkRadio’s YouTube channel in U-turn when UK ministers intervened (Mail Online UK)
- Daily news update: SABC staff layoffs loom, Bushiris’ extradition hearing and Ndlozi dragged (Citizen.co.za)
- Demand for TVs high in 2020 due to Samsung (Daily News Egypt)
- Emaar sells Address Sky View hotel in Downtown Dubai for Dh750m (Abu Dhabi National)
- Geely keeps position as best-selling Chinese marque in 2020 (CHINAdaily.com.cn)
- Grim travel prediction issued by consumer group despite Qantas reopening bookings from July (Mail Online UK)
- Honda to resume UK output on Thursday after global supply delays (Nasdaq)
- Hong Kong facing more than 30 Covid-19 cases as Sinovac efficacy rates expected (South China Morning Post)
- Hong Kong fourth wave: city facing more than 30 new coronavirus cases as Sinovac vaccine efficacy rates expected later (South China Morning Post – News)
- India’s vaccine approval crucial, will boost global supply: AstraZeneca (Business Standard India)
- Korea’s Eastar Jet cuts fleet, staff ahead of hoped-for sale (CH-Aviation)
- Macy’s to close 45 more stores as pandemic forces restructure (Atlanta Journal And Constitution)
- Mashreq Bank set to move half of its jobs to cheaper locations (Arab News)
- Moody’s – Coronavirus fallout drives negative 2021 outlook for sovereigns in Levant and North Africa (Business Insider)
- Moody’s: Negative 2021 outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean as social pressures rise amid subdued recovery from pandemic (Business Insider)
- Netcare recalls staff as Covid-19 second wave intensifies (Citizen.co.za)
- Netflix hikes subscription prices in the UK as it splurges on new content (Telegraph)
- Next puts brave face on UK lockdown (Emirates-Business.ae)
- Oil will surge 21% this year even as spiking COVID-19 infections hamper near-term demand, Goldman Sachs says (Business Insider)
- PPG Cites Virus In Seeking Delay In Sherwin-Williams IP Trial (Law360)
- Renault Samsung enters emergency management amid pandemic (Yonhap News Agency)
- Ryanair cuts full year traffic forecast, expects few flights between Ireland and UK from 21 January (Irish Independent)
- Ryanair takes aim at ‘draconian’ COVID lockdowns as it slashes flights (Sky News)
- Samsung bringing ‘bigger and bigger’ TVs to market to meet stay-at-home demands of coronavirus pandemic (USA Today)
- South Africa: Naledi By-Election Was Also a Vote On Eskom (AllAfrica.com)
- UK watchdog investigates Ryanair’s ‘jab & go’ ad after complaints that it was ‘misleading’ and ‘trivialised the pandemic’ (Mail Online UK)
- US considering adding Alibaba, Tencent to China stock ban: Report (Business Standard India)
- Volvo Cars posts 6% December sales rise as recovery continues (Reuters)
- Zurich insurance firm offers fully paid ‘lockdown leave’ in UK (The Guardian)
- A Pandemic Era (Lancet)
- Are SARS-CoV-2 antibodies associated with disease enhancement? (News-Medical.Net)
- Beyond Politics — Promoting Covid-19 Vaccination in the United States (New England Journal of Medicine)
- COVID-19 media coverage decreasing despite deepening crisis (Lancet)
- COVID-19’s lost generation of unvaccinated children (Lancet)
- Challenges, complications plague rollout of life-saving COVID-19 vaccine doses (CBS News)
- Convalescent Plasma in Early Covid-19 Infection (New England Journal of Medicine)
- Descriptive epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Karnataka state, South India: Transmission dynamics of symptomatic vs. asymptomatic infections (Lancet)
- EU countries face delays in coronavirus vaccine rollout (Mail Online – Latest Stories)
- Endoscopes used in positive and critically ill patients are SARS-CoV-2 negative at virological assessment (British Journal of the Gut)
- European Union Drug Regulator Recommends Authorizing Moderna’s Coronavirus Vaccine (US News & World Report)
- European Union medicines agency recommends approval of Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in th (The Washington Times stories: News)
- How well is the world doing in the rollout of coronavirus vaccines? (Sky News)
- Local measures enable COVID-19 containment with fewer restrictions due to cooperative effects (Lancet)
- Multiple testing and the effect of NPIs on the spread of SARS-CoV-2 (Lancet Infectious Diseases)
- NIAID set to conduct large monoclonal SARS-CoV-2 antibody clinical trial (News-Medical.Net)
- Open Schools, Covid-19, and Child and Teacher Morbidity in Sweden (New England Journal of Medicine)
- The European Union’s main drug regulator cleared Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for use, offering the region a second s… https://t.co/biq2ellFJ6 (WSJ – Twitter)
- U.S. sets highest daily COVID death toll on Tuesday (Atlanta Journal And Constitution)
- What’s coming next for COVID-19 vaccines? Here’s the latest on 9 leading programs, after Pfizer and Moderna (Business Insider)
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