The UK becomes the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine which targets both the original and Omicron variants of the virus. Also: Covid infection numbers surge in the Marshall Islands, Moderna announces its first vaccine facility in the Southern Hemisphere, and a date is set for schools to re-open in Shanghai.

Coronavirus Global Update

BBC World Service

Britain approves dual-strain Covid vaccine

AUG 15, 20224 MIN
Coronavirus Global Update

Britain approves dual-strain Covid vaccine

AUG 15, 20224 MIN

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The UK becomes the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine which targets both the original and Omicron variants of the virus. Also: Covid infection numbers surge in the Marshall Islands, Moderna announces its first vaccine facility in the Southern Hemisphere, and a date is set for schools to re-open in Shanghai.