 |  | The number of people in England with COVID-19 fell below 500,000 last week for the first time since mid-October, an official estimate showed on Friday. |  |
 | (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it was working rapidly to finalize and issue an emergency use authorization for Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine. |  |
 | Britain hailed "V-Day" when it became the first country to roll out the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Yet, as first mover, it has also become the first to report cases of adverse reactions, allowing other nations to watch and learn. |  |
 | AstraZeneca will start clinical trials to test a combination of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine with Russia's Sputnik V shot aimed at boosting the efficacy of the British drugmaker's vaccine, Russia's sovereign wealth fund said on Friday. |  |
 | The U.S. government is trying to secure 100 million additional doses of Pfizer Inc's coronavirus vaccine, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the order. |  |
 | GENEVA (Reuters) -Any adverse effects from COVID-19 vaccines are for national authorities to review, the World Health Organization said on Friday in response to questions about Britain warning people with a history of anaphylaxis to avoid the Pfizer-BioNTech shot. |  |
 | (Reuters) -Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: |  |
 | An Indiana hospital on Friday will conduct a rehearsal of procedures for administering Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, anticipating that it will be able to begin inoculating patients next week, a major step in the battle to end the pandemic. |  |
 | Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline said clinical trials of their COVID-19 vaccine showed an insufficient immune response in older people, delaying its launch to late next year and marking a setback in the global fight against the pandemic. |  |
 | GlaxoSmithKline said on Friday its goal to produce 1 billion doses of adjuvants - designed to boost COVID-19 vaccine efficacy - in 2021 remained in place but was under review following a development setback with partner Sanofi. . |  |
 | Around a million doctors in India went on a day-long strike on Friday amid the coronavirus pandemic to protest against a new federal government rule that allows practitioners of the traditional science of Ayurveda to perform minor surgeries. |  |
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