日: 2020年12月18日

 

1. An expert panel at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has endorsed emergency use of a coronavirus vaccine developed by U.S. pharmaceutical firm Moderna.
2. Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf says his country has failed in its response to the coronavirus with its relatively moderate approach to the pandemic. Unlike other European countries such as Britain and France, Sweden has not imposed strict measures, including lockdowns. The country has allowed restaurants and businesses to stay open.  But it has seen a surge in infections since late October , with the number of daily new cases occasionally topping 8,000.
3.  European leaders who had been in recent contact with Emmanuel Macron are self-isolating after the French president tested positive for the coronavirus.

 

 

 

1. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed a record 822 new cases of the coronavirus in the Japanese capital on Thursday.  The figure surpasses the previous record of 678 new infections reported on Wednesday.

2. The U.S. Federal Reserve says it’s going to keep buying bonds at its current pace to make ample funds available to the financial system, in a bid to support the economy amid a resurgence of coronavirus infections.

3. Health authorities in the U.S. state of Alaska have reported that a health worker developed a severe allergic reaction shortly after getting a COVID-19 vaccine shot. The health officials said on Wednesday that the woman developed breathlessness and other symptoms of anaphylactic reaction about 10 minutes after receiving a shot of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine.