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US President Donald Trump has said a second coronavirus vaccine, made by Moderna, has been approved for use in the country.
He tweeted: “Moderna vaccine overwhelmingly approved. Distribution to start immediately.”
Moderna vaccine overwhelmingly approved. Distribution to start immediately.
Asked about the prospect of following Wales and Northern Ireland into a full lockdown after Christmas, Scotland’s health secretary, Jeane Freeman, told the daily briefing that “nothing at this point can sensibly be ruled out”.
Undoubtedly the situation in Wales and Northern Ireland is significantly more challenging…but that doesn’t mean we should be complacent.
Hospitals in Scotland are coping, they are not ringing alarm bells to tell us to do something dramatic quickly.
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