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| - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: BioNTech-Pfizer say their vaccine shows 100 percent efficacy in 12 to 15 year olds, as they eye approval for adolescents to get the jabs before the next school year. WHO vaccine experts say an interim analysis of clinical trial data from two Chinese vaccines produced by Sinovac and Sinopharm show they demonstrate "safety and good efficacy", but that data is lacking in older age groups and people with other medical conditions. China slams "unethical" critics as it faces mounting pressure over the origins of Covid-19, after the World Health Organization chief revived the theory that the virus may have leaked from a Chinese lab. War-torn Yemen receives its first shipment of 360,000 vaccine doses via Covax, the UN children's agency says. The doses are among the 1.9 million that the nation of 30 million people will initially receive throughout the year. The pandemic has rolled back years of progress towards equality between men and women, according to the World Economic Forum's annual Global Gender Gap Report, potentially adding more than three decades to the fight for parity. French President Emmanuel Macron will make a prime-time television address on Wednesday night, under pressure to stem soaring cases and respond to criticism that he has allowed the pandemic to run out control in the country. Russia announces it has registered what it says is the world's first coronavirus vaccine for animals, describing the step as important to disrupting mutations and saying mass production could begin in April. A Chinese city near the border with Myanmar imposes a lockdown after six cases were reported -- the first significant cluster disclosed in almost two months. Germany still expects to offer every adult a jab by the end of the summer, Health Minister Jens Spahn says, despite new guidelines against the use of AstraZeneca for under-60s in the country. Next month's pandemic-affected Oscars ceremony will include venues in the United Kingdom and France for international nominees unable to travel to Los Angeles, say sources familiar with the plan. At least 2,805,004 people have died of Covid-19 around the world since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to an AFP tally from official sources. The US is the worst-affected country with 550,998 deaths followed by Brazil with 317,646 fatalities, Mexico with 202,633, India with 162,468 and Britain with 126,670 deaths. burs-eab/kjl
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