{"id":26300,"date":"2021-01-04T11:24:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T02:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/jan\/04\/coronavirus-live-news-us-deaths-pass-350000-as-india-authorises-two-vaccines"},"modified":"2021-01-04T17:43:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T08:43:24","slug":"coronavirus-live-news-us-deaths-pass-350000-as-india-authorises-two-vaccines-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=26300","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus live news: Thai PM urges people to &#8216;just stay home&#8217;; South Korea extends social restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/jan\/04\/coronavirus-live-news-us-deaths-pass-350000-as-india-authorises-two-vaccines?page=with:block-5ff2baff8f08b66486e2ddfe#block-5ff2baff8f08b66486e2ddfe\">Thailand dealing with biggest coronavirus outbreak yet<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/jan\/04\/coronavirus-live-news-us-deaths-pass-350000-as-india-authorises-two-vaccines?page=with:block-5ff294b98f08d0452b08b787#block-5ff294b98f08d0452b08b787\">South Korea expands ban on social gatherings nationwide<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/04\/suga-considers-new-state-of-emergency-for-tokyo-amid-covid-resurgence\">Japan considers new state of emergency for Tokyo amid Covid resurgence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/03\/indias-approval-of-twin-vaccines-triggers-mass-immunisation-drive\">India\u2019s approval of Covid vaccines triggers mass immunisation drive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/video\/2021\/jan\/03\/the-numbers-are-real-fauci-hits-back-at-trump-on-us-covid-deaths-video\">\u2018The numbers are real\u2019: Fauci hits back at Trump on US Covid deaths<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2021\/jan\/03\/coronavirus-restrictions-probably-about-to-get-tougher-says-boris-johnson\">UK coronavirus restrictions \u2018probably about to get tougher\u2019, says PM <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">See all our coronavirus coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2021-01-04T08:43:24.336Z\">8.43am <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p><strong>France<\/strong> should receive its first deliveries of Moderna\u2019s coronavirus vaccine this week, the head of the medical regulator said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>France, where the government has come under fire for being too slow with its vaccine rollout, has a strong anti-vaccination movement. It started its inoculation campaign at the end of December, as did many other European countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2021-01-04T08:15:11.919Z\">8.15am <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>The <strong>UK <\/strong>has become the first country to administer the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. NHS England tweeted on Monday that Brian Pinker, an 82-year-old dialysis patient, has become the first person to be given the jab, at Oxford University hospital. The dose was administered by chief nurse Sam Foster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so pleased to be getting the Covid vaccine today and really proud that it is one that was invented in Oxford,\u201d Pinker, a retired maintenance manager who has been having dialysis for kidney disease, said.<br tabindex=\"-1\"><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8216;I&#8217;m so pleased to be getting the COVID vaccine today and really proud it is one that was invented in Oxford.&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>82-year-old Brian Pinker became the first person in the world to receive the new Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine this morning at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OUHospitals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OUHospitals<\/a>.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nhnd3Sx97m\">pic.twitter.com\/nhnd3Sx97m<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/jan\/04\/coronavirus-live-news-us-deaths-pass-350000-as-india-authorises-two-vaccines\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thailand dealing with biggest coronavirus outbreak yet; South Korea expands ban on social gatherings nationwideJapan considers new state of emergency for Tokyo amid Covid resurgenceIndia\u2019s approval of Covid vaccines triggers mass immunisation drive\u2018The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1781,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,1066,52,47,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-coronavirus","category-uk-news","category-us-news","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1781"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26300"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26310,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26300\/revisions\/26310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}