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Pedestrians wear masks as they walk on Oxford Street in London, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. London is currently in Tier 4 with all non essential retail shops closed and people have been asked to stay at home, on what is usually one of the busiest retail days of the year with the traditional Boxing Day sales in shops. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

British hospitals scramble for space as virus cases soar

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

A view of an empty Regent Street, during what would normally be the Boxing Day sales. Boxing Day spending is expected to fall by more than a quarter compared with a year ago, after extensive new COVID-19 restrictions forced non-essential retailers to close, in London, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

AstraZeneca: Shot will be effective against COVID-19 variant

By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

People wearing face makes to protect against the COVIS-19 walk at Trocadero plaza near Eiffel Tower in Paris, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. French health authorities have confirmed the country's first case of the virus variant that prompted strict new lockdown measures in Britain and global travel restrictions.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)

The Latest: Japan’s PM seeks to enforce virus measures

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Health worker Maria Ramírez is the first to get vaccinated for COVID-19 at the General Hospital in Mexico City, early Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. The first batches of vaccines produced by Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech arrived the previous day. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Mexico starts giving first shots of Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine

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Turkish official says CoronaVac vaccine 91.25% effective

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General view of the queue of trucks in the area outside the Port of Dover waiting for a ferry as police block the entrance to the Port of Dover, in Dover, England, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. Freight from Britain and passengers with a negative coronavirus test have begun arriving on French shores, after France relaxed a two-day blockade over a new virus variant. The blockade had isolated Britain, stranded thousands of drivers and raised fears of shortages. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

The Latest: China tests millions in port over virus cluster

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Visitors look at a playground, which is taped off for the social distancing measures and a precaution against the coronavirus at a park in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. South Korea has added more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases in a resurgence that is erasing hard-won epidemiological gains and eroding public confidence in the government’s ability to handle the outbreak. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

The Latest: Brazil is latest to ban flights from Britain

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A person walks past a COVID-19 restrictions sign during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississauga, Ontario, on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada authorizes second vaccine to fight the pandemic

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

Pfizer and BioNTech to supply additional 100 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to US under new a

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BioNTEch CEO confident vaccine works against UK variant, but further studies needed to be sure

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A man wearing a face mask walks past a rest area taped for social distancing and a precaution against the coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Asia Today: South Korea’s cases, COVID-19 deaths spike again

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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said he will be vaccinated publicly as soon as a vaccine becomes available to help increase confidence in the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine during a news conference on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Annapolis, Md., where the governor and health officials outlined details about rolling out the vaccine. Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford also will be publicly vaccinated, according to the governor's office. (AP Photo/Brian Witte) ** FILE **

Maryland setting aside 2,300 COVID-19 vaccine doses for NIH workers

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

Ugur Sahin, CEO of Biontech, gestures during an interview in Mainz, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019. The chief executive of BioNTech says the German pharmaceutical company is confident that its coronavirus vaccine works against the UK variant, but further studies are need to be completely sure. (Andreas Arnold/dpa via AP)

BioNTech CEO confident vaccine will work on UK variant

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

A person enters the European Medicines Agency in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, where the EMA's human medicines committee is holding an exceptional, fully virtual, meeting to conclude the evaluation of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

EU greenlights COVID-19 vaccine after agency gives safety OK

By FRANK JORDANS and LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Director of Nursing Kathleen Napier prepares a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for Help Desk Analyst Aaron Harris on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, at the Cabell-Huntington Health Department in Huntington, W.Va. (Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch via AP)

New record for weekly cases in WVa as more vaccines ship

By CUNEYT DIL - Associated Press

European Medicines Agency recommends conditional OK to coronavirus vaccine made by BioNTech and Pfiz

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FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2020, file photo a girl chooses a toy at a holiday toy giveaway held at Los Angeles Boys &amp; Girls Club in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. According to a survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research that also finds some Americans are feeling a bit sadder, lonelier and less grateful than last year. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

AP-NORC poll: Virus-weary Americans less festive this year

By TAMMY WEBBER and HANNAH FINGERHUT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2020, file photo Army Gen. Gustave Perna, who is leading Operation Warp Speed, speaks during at an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. The Army general in charge of getting COVID-19 vaccines across the United States apologized on Saturday, Dec. 19, for “miscommunication” with states over the number of doses to be delivered in the early stages of distribution. &quot;I failed. I'm adjusting. I am fixing and we will move forward from there,&quot; Perna told reporters in telephone briefing. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

General sorry for ‘miscommunication’ over vaccine shipments

By ED WHITE and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

UN head stresses need of virus vaccine for all nations

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Utah to receive 30% fewer coronavirus vaccine doses

By SOPHIA EPPOLITO - Associated Press