Here’s a quick summary of what has happened around the world over the last 24 hours, brought to you exclusively by British Herald.
The nation began vaccinating its citizens with the AstraZeneca/Oxford coronavirus shots and the first one was administered to Brian Pinker, an 82-year-old dialysis patient, at a hospital close to where the vaccine was developed.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that a new variant of the coronavirus found in South Africa poses a greater risk than the highly infectious British variant, adding that it was a “very significant problem”.
The nation’s plans to roll out COVID-19 shots across the population are limited by ability of manufacturers to supply them while they build capacity, said Health Secretary Matt Hancock.
Amid uncertainty as a new Congress took office, Nancy Pelosi was re-elected speaker of the House of Representatives with a narrow margin. This comes as Senate control is undecided and a Republican fight looms over presidential election results.
After an initial roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine was slowed down by bureaucracy and government apathy, France has sought to bolster inoculations.
The Singapore government will consider easing travel curbs for people who have received the COVID-19 shot, said the co-head of the virus taskforce.
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