{"id":27127,"date":"2021-01-21T13:08:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T04:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/jan\/21\/coronavirus-live-news-who-says-dont-panic-all-will-get-covid-vaccine-new-us-cdc-director-sworn-in"},"modified":"2021-01-21T18:44:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T09:44:57","slug":"coronavirus-live-news-who-says-dont-panic-all-will-get-covid-vaccine-new-us-cdc-director-sworn-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=27127","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus live: US retracts WHO withdrawal; German borders may need to close, warns Merkel&#8217;s chief of staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/jan\/21\/coronavirus-live-news-who-says-dont-panic-all-will-get-covid-vaccine-new-us-cdc-director-sworn-in?page=with:block-600901e98f08b9416fbae50d#block-600901e98f08b9416fbae50d\">Biden reverses Trump\u2019s decision to leave WHO<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/jan\/21\/coronavirus-live-news-who-says-dont-panic-all-will-get-covid-vaccine-new-us-cdc-director-sworn-in?page=with:block-600933e18f08fbcf3cf0e932#block-600933e18f08fbcf3cf0e932\">Germany may need to close borders, says Helge Braun<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/jan\/21\/coronavirus-live-news-who-says-dont-panic-all-will-get-covid-vaccine-new-us-cdc-director-sworn-in?page=with:block-6008e0e28f08b9416fbae3dc#block-6008e0e28f08b9416fbae3dc\">Australia again records zero cases<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/21\/covid-cases-may-have-stopped-falling-major-english-survey-shows\">Covid cases may have stopped falling, major English survey shows<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/21\/wear-medical-grade-masks-if-you-cant-self-isolate-britons-told\">Wear medical-grade masks if you can\u2019t self-isolate, Britons told<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/20\/france-may-follow-germany-in-making-clinical-masks-mandatory\">France may follow Germany in making clinical masks mandatory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2021\/jan\/20\/covid-vaccines-may-need-updating-to-protect-against-new-variant-study-suggests\">Vaccines may need updating to protect against new variant<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2021\/jan\/21\/uk-covid-live-coronavirus-gavin-williamson-vaccination-nhs-matt-hancock-downing-street-latest-news-updates\">UK coronavirus \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2021-01-21T09:44:57.012Z\">9.44am <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>The <strong>United States<\/strong> under Joe Biden intends to join the <strong>COVAX<\/strong> vaccine facility that aims to deliver vaccines to poor countries, his chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci told the <strong>World Health Organization<\/strong> (WHO) on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden will issue a directive later today which will include the intent of the United States to join COVAX and support the ACT-Accelerator to advance multilateral efforts for Covid-19 vaccine, therapeutic, and diagnostic distribution, equitable access, and research and development,\u201d Fauci told the WHO executive board. <\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2021-01-21T09:42:02.614Z\">9.42am <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Hong Kong <\/strong>is considering ordering flight crew entering the Asian financial hub to quarantine for two weeks, the South China Morning Post reported on Thursday, citing sources.<\/p>\n<p>All pilots and cabin crew, including local staff, will have to quarantine in a hotel if they stay in Hong Kong for more than two hours, three sources told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/jan\/21\/coronavirus-live-news-who-says-dont-panic-all-will-get-covid-vaccine-new-us-cdc-director-sworn-in\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden reverses Trump\u2019s decision to leave WHO; 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