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EUROPE
* Britain is ramping up its rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations as its top medical officer said the next few weeks will be the worst yet, with deaths and cases hitting record highs.
* Britain is concerned about the spread of COVID-19 in supermarkets, particularly when shoppers break the rules by not wearing masks.
* Spain’s government will send convoys carrying COVID-19 vaccines and food to areas hit by the heaviest snowfall in decades.
* Several thousand protesters gathered in Prague’s Old Town Square on Sunday to call on the government to lift coronavirus restrictions.
ASIA-PACIFIC
* A World Health Organization (WHO) team of international experts tasked with investigating the origins of the pandemic will arrive in China on Jan. 14, Chinese authorities said.
* Japanese health officials have detected a new coronavirus variant, which differs from those found in Britain and South Africa, in four travellers from Brazil’s Amazonas state.
* China will continue to suspend flights to and from Britain and Vietnam and will limit flights bringing citizens home until the end of the Lunar New Year in mid-February.
* The Philippines has secured 25 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech, with the first 50,000 expected to arrive in February.
* Indonesia’s food and drug agency granted emergency use approval to a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech.
AMERICAS
* Brazil’s weekly rolling average of deaths per day reached 1,111 on Sunday, passing 1,000 for the first time since early August.
* U.S. President-elect Joe Biden may speed up distribution of vaccines to states, and said he would deliver a plan costing “trillions” of dollars this week.
* Texas will allocate about half of its latest vaccine supplies to just 28 healthcare sites, officials said on Sunday, aiming to speed distribution.
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
* Seychelles has started vaccinating its population with doses from China’s Sinopharm vaccine, President Wavel Ramkalawan said.
* Algeria has become the first African country to register Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine for use.
* The Palestinian Authority said it expects to receive its first vaccine doses in March under a deal with drugmaker AstraZeneca.
* Israel’s coronavirus vaccination campaign, which it says is the world’s fastest per capita, shifted to booster shots on Sunday.
MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS
* The U.S. drugs regulator said genetic variants of COVID-19 could lead to false negative results from some molecular tests, but the risk of the mutations affecting overall testing accuracy is low.
* Europe’s medicines regulator expects drugmaker AstraZeneca to apply for approval of its vaccine next week.
ECONOMIC IMPACT
* World shares slipped from record highs on Monday as caution over rising cases saw some profit-taking from investors, while Treasury yields remained close to 10-month highs, indicating expectations for global reflation from anticipated U.S. fiscal stimulus. [MKTS/GLOB]
* China’s factory gate prices fell last month at their slowest pace since February, official data showed on Monday.
* Brent crude oil prices fell by $1 per barrel on Monday, hit by renewed concerns about global fuel demand amid tough lockdowns in Europe and new curbs on movement in China.
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