US FDA likely to recommend against Pfizer vaccine for pregnant women, committee member says
From CNN Health’s Shelby Lin Erdman
Dr. Paul Offit. Source: CNN
The US Food and Drug Administration is likely to recommend against giving pregnant women the upcoming Pfizer vaccine, a member of the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee said Thursday.
Dr. Paul Offit s comments came after the committee voted to recommend the vaccine for an emergency use authorization (EUA).
“I think the recommendation will be that pregnant women not receive this vaccine until we know more,” Offit told CNN’s Wolf Blitze
December 11 coronavirus news
Updated 11:38 PM ET, Sun December 13, 2020
What you need to know
The US Food and Drug Administration s advisory committee recommended the agency grant emergency-use authorization to Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine. A US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committee is meeting this weekend to consider if the vaccine should be offered to the American public.
Health experts are warning it s likely the US won t see any meaningful, widespread impacts from vaccinations until well into 2021.
Canada granted emergency approval for the vaccine after health officials determined it met safety, efficacy and quality requirements.
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South Korea reports its highest daily rise in coronavirus cases since the start of pandemic
Germany records its deadliest day of the Covid-19 pandemic
From CNN’s Fred Pleitgen and Claudia Otto in Berlin
A sign reminding people that masks are required in Hof, Bavaria is seen in front of the St. Marien church on December 10. Nicolas Armer/picture alliance/Getty Images
Germany on Friday announced it had recorded 598 coronavirus fatalities in the previous 24 hours, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute, the country s center for disease control.
It was Germany s highest single-day coronavirus death toll since the pandemic began.
The nation also registered a record 29,875 new confirmed infections on Friday roughly 6,000 more than the day before.
I ll be first to take the vaccine in Israel, PM Netanyahu says
From CNN’s Oren Liebermann
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the arrival of over 100,000 of doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccines at the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Wednesday, December 9. Abir Sultan/Pool/AP
Israel s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would be the first person to take the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in the country as the first shipment of doses arrived onboard a DHL flight at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport.
“I believe in this vaccine. I expect that it will receive the appropriate permits in the coming days and I want the citizens of Israel to be vaccinated,” Netanyahu said as the doses were offloaded from the cargo flight.