Variant May Be Deadlier; N.Y. Vaccines to Run Out: Virus Update
- MSN
(Bloomberg) -- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the state today will run out of all the vaccines that have been delivered. Some of New York’s biggest employers are urging local leaders to let them help with the Covid-19 vaccination effort, arguing that the slow rollout is putting the state’s economic recovery at risk.
The U.K.’s new more contagious strain of coronavirus may be linked to higher mortality, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. The pandemic may no longer be spreading exponentially in the U.K., suggesting the country’s third lockdown is working.
European nations continue to struggle with delays to vaccination programs, with Italy warning of a sharp slowdown next week and Germany expecting vaccine shortages to last six to eight weeks. AstraZeneca said its initial supply of vaccine doses to Europe will be smaller than previously expected.