Coronavirus live news: WHO mission member says ‘don’t rely too much’ on US virus intelligence

Vaccine progress also boosts investor optimism; US vaccinates 1.6m people in 24 hours; Japan discards millions of doses after syringe mixupUrsula von der Leyen admits errors in EU Covid vaccine rolloutOxford/Astra-Zeneca’s bumpy road to vaccine confidenceAnalysis: no quick answers in WHO’s search for virus originUK variant ‘blow open cracks in Australia hotel quarantine system’UK coronavirus updates – live 11.53am GMT Reuters reports: Greek restaurant and cafe owners pleaded on Wednesday for additional government support to protect livelihoods and jobs after months of crippling restrictions on their businesses to help stem the spread of Covid-19.Some 80,000 restaurants and cafes in tourism-dependent Greece, employing about 350,000 people, closed in September and have been allowed to offer only delivery and take away services since. 11.48am GMT This is the latest from Reuters on Covid infections among vaccinated people in Israel:More than half of eligible Israelis - about 3.5 million people - have been fully or partially vaccinated. Older and at-risk groups, the first to be inoculated, are seeing a dramatic drop in illnesses pic.twitter.com/WBaNwEmYvc Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/feb/10/coronavirus-live-news-annual-vaccine-may-be-needed-says-jj-chief-spain-tops-3m-cases #us_news #vaccines_and_immunisation #europe #health #science