December 14, 2020 7:01 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee
Members of the Electoral College meet today to officially elect Joe Biden, a moment some Republican lawmakers have targeted as the end of President Donald Trumpâs attempts to overturn the results as far as theyâre concerned.
The constitutionally mandated procedure across the 50 states and the District of Columbia usually passes with little notice. But this year, it may help conclude a chaotic election season punctuated by Trumpâs refusal to concede and his frequent insistence, without evidence, that the vote was âriggedâ against him.
Many prominent Republicans joined the president in declining to recognize Bidenâs victory a month ago, saying Trump had a right to pursue legal challenges. That process will have played out once the electors reach a majority of 270 ballots for Biden. Congress will then officially count the Electoral College votes and declare the winner on Jan. 6.
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UPS employees move one of two shipping containers containing the first shipments of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on a ramp at UPS Worldport in Louisville, Kentucky, on Sunday, December 13, 2020.
The country has made strides in its COVID-19 vaccine effort over the weekend as vials of the long-anticipated shot made their way to distribution sites on Sunday.
Fox Business reported that the first truck carrying the COVID-19 vaccine reached the distribution site pulled up in Portage, Michigan on Sunday morning.
The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine rollout is the first to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Australia s coronavirus vaccine supplies are on track for a back-to-work rollout and the AstraZeneca jab might be available ahead of schedule in February.
About 1.9 million doses of the Oxford University developed vaccine will arrive in Australia in January and a further 1.9 million doses will arrive the following month.
Roll out of the Oxford vaccine in Australia will begin after a two-stage approval
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A further 50 million doses are being developed under license at Australian biotech giant CSL s Broadmeadows facility in Melbourne, and at least one batch will be expected to available by Australia Day.
While the federal government says it was still preparing for a March rollout, health officials are working towards a regulatory approval date in late-January and government sources said a February rollout remained a possibility.