Moderna to Begin Delivery; London Lockdown Ordered: Virus Update Bloomberg 12/19/2020
(Bloomberg)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed a full lockdown on London and large parts of southeast England in a desperate attempt to stop a new strain of coronavirus that is spreading rapidly in the U.K. The nation surpassed 2 million total infections.
The newly-approved Moderna vaccine will begin distribution across the U.S. starting Sunday, after a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel recommended its use for people 18 and older.
Apple Inc. is temporarily closing all of its retail stores in California as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to surge across the state. New York state’s infections retreated from the record set Friday.