{"id":39779,"date":"2021-12-14T10:26:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T01:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/dec\/14\/covid-news-live-us-coronavirus-cases-surpass-50m-china-reports-first-omicron-case"},"modified":"2021-12-14T22:09:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T13:09:06","slug":"covid-news-live-us-coronavirus-cases-surpass-50m-china-reports-first-omicron-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=39779","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus live: Omicron poses real threat, says Moderna chief; Pfizer says Covid pill near 90% effective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/dec\/14\/covid-news-live-us-coronavirus-cases-surpass-50m-china-reports-first-omicron-case?page=with:block-61b888b18f08a0af7bb4bce5#block-61b888b18f08a0af7bb4bce5\">Moderna chief cautions against assumptions Omicron is milder than Delta<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/dec\/14\/covid-news-live-us-coronavirus-cases-surpass-50m-china-reports-first-omicron-case?page=with:block-61b88f928f08a0af7bb4bd34#block-61b88f928f08a0af7bb4bd34\">Pfizer says pill cut hospitalisation and deaths in high-risk patients<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/dec\/14\/australia-to-manufacture-mrna-vaccines-under-deal-with-moderna\">Australia prepares to open up as NSW eases Covid restrictions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/dec\/13\/us-air-force-discharges-27-service-members-for-refusing-covid-vaccine\">US air force discharges 27 service members for refusing Covid vaccine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2021\/dec\/13\/manchester-united-close-first-team-training-ground-covid-brentford-premier-league\">Manchester United game off as Premier League is hit by 42 Covid cases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">See all our coronavirus coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>United States <\/strong>secretary of state <strong>Antony Blinken<\/strong> says by the end of next year, the US will have donated more than 1.2b Covid-19 vaccine doses to the world, Reuters is reporting. <\/p>\n<p>The <strong>US air force<\/strong> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/dec\/13\/us-air-force-discharges-27-service-members-for-refusing-covid-vaccine\">discharged 27 people for refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine<\/a>, making them what officials believe are the first service members to be removed for disobeying the mandate.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/dec\/14\/covid-news-live-us-coronavirus-cases-surpass-50m-china-reports-first-omicron-case\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moderna chief cautions against assumptions Omicron is milder than Delta; 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