Latest updates: Turks brace for new restrictions to combat spread of disease; two companies submit applications to European Medicines Agency
- US may begin vaccinations before Christmas
- Vietnam reports first community virus in almost three months
- Moderna Covid vaccine has 94% efficacy, final results confirm
- Scott Atlas resigns as Trump’s pandemic adviser after controversial tenure
- See all our coronavirus coverage
9.00pm GMT
ESwatini’s prime minister Ambrose Dlamini, who tested positive for Covid-19 two weeks ago, has been transferred to a hospital in neighbouring South Africa for further treatment, the tiny absolute monarchy’s government said on Tuesday.
The country’s deputy prime minister, Themba Masuku, said in a statement Dlamini was moved to “guide and fast track his recovery”.
8.57pm GMT
New Covid-19 infections in France stayed below 10,000 for the third day in a row on Tuesday, a sequence unseen since mid-September, and the number of people hospitalised resumed a downward trend.
The government has loosened its second national coronavirus lockdown, put in place on 30 October, by allowing all shops to reopen at the weekend.
More Stories
Australia news live: Palaszczuk says public need more data on AstraZeneca vaccine; cost of consent ad revealed
Exclusive: Inside the Facilities Making the World’s Most Prevalent COVID-19 Vaccine
I’m a Pediatrician Who Cares for Transgender Kids – Here’s What You Need to Know About Social Support, Puberty Blockers and Other Medical Options That Improve Lives of Transgender Youth