Hyderabad: The coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 6,74,02,219 and killed over 15,41,897 people across the world. More than 4,65,89,492 people have recovered so far.
The US is the worst-hit nation with cases more than 1,51,59,529 and fatalities over 2,88,906.
Dr Moncef Slaoui, head of the U.S. vaccine development effort, said on Sunday he believes the COVID-19 vaccine could have long-lasting effect once distributed.
A top medical adviser to President Donald Trump’s administration said he’s confident that the Food and Drug Administration will approve the coronavirus vaccine from pharmaceutical company Pfizer this week.
The coronavirus vaccine developed by American drugmaker Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech was being sent to hospitals across the U.K. in super-cold containers on Sunday, two days ahead of the kickoff of Britain’s biggest-ever immunization program, one being closely watched around the world.
Austin Quinn-Davison, the acting mayor of Alaska’s largest city, is isolating at home after testing positive for COVID-19, her office announced on Sunday.
She felt cold-like symptoms beginning on Nov. 29 and isolated at home until taking a test the next day. That test and another test came back negative. However, Quinn-Davidson’s third test came back positive on Saturday.
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