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12.10am GMT
Trucks hauling trailers loaded with suitcase–sized containers of Covid-19 vaccine rolled out of Pfizer’s manufacturing facility in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Sunday – launching the largest and most complex vaccine distribution project in the US.
The long-wished for development comes against a backdrop of a raging pandemic that has killed almost 300,000 Americans amid a botched government response by the Trump administration that has made the US the worst-hit country in the world.
Related: ‘The time has arrived’: Covid vaccines roll out of Pfizer plant as US nears 300,000 deaths
12.00am GMT
New Zealand is keeping foreign citizens in prison for up to 10 months beyond their release dates because of a lack of flights to deport them, due to the pandemic.
As at 8 December, there were 15 people held in prison under court-imposed warrants of commitment until they can be deported.
Continue reading…ESwatini Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini dies of Covid-19; Trump, Pence and other officials to be offered vaccine starting Monday; US has suffered 298,923 deaths since start of pandemicHow Covid revealed the truth about our worldFDA chief urged by White House to approve Pfizer vaccine ‘or quit’Scientists warn against Christmas gatherings in UKCalifornia’s ICU beds near capacity as hospitalisations hit recordSee all our coronavirus coverage 12.10am GMTTrucks hauling trailers loaded with suitcase–sized containers of Covid-19 vaccine rolled out of Pfizer’s manufacturing facility in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Sunday – launching the largest and most complex vaccine distribution project in the US.The long-wished for development comes against a backdrop of a raging pandemic that has killed almost 300,000 Americans amid a botched government response by the Trump administration that has made the US the worst-hit country in the world. Related: ‘The time has arrived’: Covid vaccines roll out of Pfizer plant as US nears 300,000 deaths 12.00am GMTNew Zealand is keeping foreign citizens in prison for up to 10 months beyond their release dates because of a lack of flights to deport them, due to the pandemic.As at 8 December, there were 15 people held in prison under court-imposed warrants of commitment until they can be deported. Continue reading…