November 27 coronavirus news
CNNMedical personnel in Moscow work in a temporary hospital for coronavirus patients on November 9. UK The British government has announced a “significant first step” in getting the AstraZeneca vaccine “approved for deployment,” formally referring the company’s experimental vaccine candidate to the medicines regulator for assessment. Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Coveney told members of parliament yesterday that he had been “working on the Santa Claus issue for a number of weeks,” noting that as Santa is an essential worker, “he is exempt from the need to self-quarantine for 14 days and should able to come in and out of Irish airspace, and indeed in and out of Irish homes, without having to restrict his movements.” He added that children shouldn’t stay up at night to greet Santa, as he will still be required to social distance. In the past 24 hours, data released by the Robert Koch Institute shows 22,806 new recorded cases, bringing Germany’s total number of coronavirus cases to 1,006,394. Speaking to Italy’s Channel 5 news Thursday, Conte said “this would mean that the citizens of those territorial communities could benefit from less restrictive, less penalizing measures.” But he cautioned that sacrifices must still be made to avoid a third wave in January: “We can’t let our guard down.