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The newsreader is alleged to have celebrated her birthday at a private members club with nine other people.

Britain has hailed a turning point in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, as it began the biggest vaccination programme in the country’s history against Covid-19.  A 90-year-old grandmother became the first person to receive the Covid-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer-BioNTech.The historic inoculation was administered to Margaret Keenan in the central English city of Coventry.Britain’s second jab reportedly went to a man named William Shakespeare.Over-80s, care home workers, and at-risk health and social care staff are at the front of the line for the injections.The UK aims to vaccinated four million by the end of the month.’Privileged’ to be the first in lineMargaret Keenan said she felt “privileged” to be given the injection, the first of millions expected to be administered over the coming months in one of the world’s worst-hit countries.Britain’s start to its vaccination programme came as the virus situation around the world continued to darken, with more than 30 million people in California placed under stay-at-home orders to fight a deepening US crisis.Even as nations gear up for mass inoculation programmes, worldwide coronavirus infections have surged past 67 million, with more than 1.5 million deaths, and some parts of the world battling worrying spikes in cases.’Turning point’Britain has welcomed the Pfizer-BioNTech jab as a turning point in the fight against the pandemic, and on what has been dubbed “V-Day”, people rolled up their sleeves for an initial dose from early Tuesday morning. Covid-19: France to move out of lockdown in three stagesThe British public has been broadly supportive of the rapid approval of the vaccine, but ministers and health professionals are aware they still need to combat mistrust.”My advice to anyone offered the vaccine is to take it,” said Keenan. “If I can have it at 90 then you can have it too.”It has been reported that 94-year-old Queen Elizabeth II, who will qualify for the vaccine because of her age, could front an awareness campaign urging compliance.

Dylan’s deal includes 100 percent of his rights for all the songs of his catalog, including both the income he receives as a songwriter and his control of each song’s copyright.

The US singer-songwriter has given his entire back catalogue over to the Universal Music Group.

The vaccine has to be kept at temperatures that are much lower than home freezers reach.

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New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): A 32-year-old farmer from Haryana’s Sonipat was found dead at Tikri border here on Tuesday, on a day the farmers’ protest in and around Delhi entered 13th day with a Bharat bandh called by them.

Royal couple are currently on whistle-stop tour of UK to thank key workers for their efforts during pandemic

Apple supplier Foxconn said on Tuesday the internet connection in its facility in Americas has gradually returned to normal after it was attacked by ransomware. Foxconn, formally Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd, said an upgrade in information security level was completed in its affected facility, it said in a statement to the Taiwan stock exchange. The attack by ransomware had limited impact to its operations, Foxconn added.

Myanmar nurse Win Win Myint says the strain of working during the coronavirus pandemic has left her and some of her colleagues on the frontlines in the Southeast Asian country’s fragile health care system physically and mentally exhausted. Win, 52, oversees a COVID-19 quarantine centre in Yangon in a converted school that monitors people with mild symptoms or suspected cases and says on average two government health workers have to guide about 100 volunteers at each centre. After avoiding a major coronavirus outbreak at the start of the pandemic, Myanmar has seen a spike in infections with total cases topping 100,000 this week and over 2,000 deaths, adding to pressure on a health system heavily dependent on volunteers.