Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine was cleared for use in the U.S., making a third shot available that could plug gaps in the nation’s immunization campaign as concern grows over virus variants. The development was warmly welcomed by a slew of state governors.
The U.K. will create a 5 billion-pound ($7 billion) grant program to help businesses that have been hit by the pandemic, with plans to be announced on Wednesday. A British project to track the evolution of the coronavirus for signs that it is gaining power to spread or to kill has emerged as a global model.
Vaccination drives are gaining traction across the Asia-Pacific. Thailand began its inoculation program on Sunday; Australia received 300,000 doses of the University of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 shot; and ride-hailing giant Grab Holdings Inc. is setting up drive-thru injection services in Indonesia.
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