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Coronavirus Vaccine: 90-Year-Old U.K. Patient Gets First Pfizer Jab: World Brief
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Dec 8, 20202:29Now PlayingMargaret Keenan, a 90-year-old from Northern Ireland, was the first person to be administered the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in Coventry, U.K, on Tuesday. The U.K.’s National Health Service launched what it has called the biggest immunization campaign in its history, starting Covid vaccinations across the country.
People over 80 are at the front of the line for the shot made by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE on Tuesday, with tens of thousands expected to get vaccinated in the coming days. The U.K. is the first western nation to begin its program, having approved the jab last week. MORE
Presidentelect Joe Biden plans to nominate retired Army General Lloyd Austin as defense secretary, according to three people familiar with the decision, making him the first African American to lead the Pentagon. Austin has already had a career punctuated by firsts including as the first Black general to command U.S. forces in the Middle East. MORE
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will head to Brussels within days for urgent talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, amid growing fears on both sides that Brexit trade talks will fail. MORE
Spotlight on New Zealand: A comprehensive report into the 2019 Christchurch, New Zealand, mosque shootings in which 51 Muslim worshippers were killed showed that the attacker, Brenton Tarrant, kept a low profile and told nobody of his plans.
The report concluded that despite the shortcomings of various agencies, there were no clear signs the attack was imminent — aside from the manifesto the gunman sent out just eight minutes before he began shooting, which came too late for agencies to respond. But the report does detail failings in the police system for vetting gun licenses, and says that New Zealand's intelligence agencies were focused on the threat posed by Islamic extremism rather than white supremacists.
Spotlight on Ghana: Voters lined up early in Ghana to cast their ballots in presidential and legislative elections likely to test the West African nation's credentials as one of the most politically stable countries on the continent. Ghana has held peaceful and transparent elections for nearly two decades — this will be the eighth consecutive election since the country's return to multi-party democracy in 1992.
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