California Cases Breach Record; FDA Faces Pressure: Virus Update
Bloomberg 12/11/2020 Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) California’s new cases rose to a record with intensive-care availability at a low. Indoor dining at New York eateries will halt on Monday, dealing a setback to social and economic life, after the city breached virus benchmarks.
The Food and Drug Administration is facing White House pressure to approve the first Covid-19 vaccine for U.S. emergency use, which could begin as early as Monday. Separately, the U.S. government ordered another 100 million doses of a Moderna Inc. vaccine candidate.
France’s pace of infections increased further and Portugal reported record single-day deaths.