Vaccinations against Covid-19 in the U.S. will “hopefully” start in less than three weeks, according to the head of the federal government’s programme to accelerate a vaccine. China reported sporadic local cases in Tianjin, Shanghai and Inner Mongolia, raising concerns that the virus is popping up again.
The U.K. will announce on Monday that quarantine restrictions will ease in time for Christmas, The Telegraph reported, while the French government plans a three-phase easing of lockdown measures from December. Hong Kong and Singapore scrapped a travel bubble after cases spiked.
Globally, Covid-19 cases crossed 58.5 million with more than 1.39 million dead.
