BERLIN German authorities in Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg say they’re holding off on using the first batch of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine over concerns it may have spoiled by not being kept cold enough during transport.
Berlin health authorities said Wednesday that the state’s first 2,400 doses of the vaccine arrived as planned on Tuesday but that after initial quality control assessments, there are “doubts as to whether the vaccine was transported and refrigerated properly.” Both the carrier and the manufacturer are being asked for clarification.
Meantime, officials say, planned vaccinations will go ahead using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
The Latest: Coronavirus cases surging in northeast China
A soldier stands guard as healthcare workers are registered to receive shots of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, on the first day of coronavirus vaccinations in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez) January 13, 2021 - 6:28 PM
BEIJING â China is seeing a new surge in coronavirus cases in its frozen northeast, and has reported its first death attributed to COVID-19 in months.
Officials said Thursday that Heilongjiang province in the region traditionally known as Manchuria recorded 43 new virus cases, most of them centred on the city of Suihua. The northern province of Hebei just outside Beijing has seen Chinaâs most serious recent outbreak and reported 81 more cases.
The Latest: S. Korean sect leader acquitted over virus cases
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Jan 13, 2021 at 2:58 am EDT
SEOUL, South Korea A South Korean court has acquitted a religious sect leader of charges that he deliberately disrupted the government’s anti-virus response early last year after thousands of his worshippers were infected with the coronavirus.
However, the Suwon District Court on Wednesday found the 89-year-old Lee Man-hee guilty of separate charges that he embezzled more than $5 million in church funds and organized unauthorized worship services in public spaces. His three-year prison term will be suspended for four years.
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