Vaccine progress also boosts investor optimism; US vaccinates 1.6m people in 24 hours; Japan discards millions of doses after syringe mixup * Ursula von der Leyen admits errors in EU Covid vaccine rollout * Oxford/Astra-Zeneca’s bumpy road to vaccine confidence * Analysis: no quick answers in WHO’s search for virus origin * UK variant ‘blow open cracks in Australia hotel quarantine system’ * UK coronavirus updates – live 12.14pm GMT The EU is “not where it wants to be” with its coronavirus immunisation programme, Ursula von der Leyen has conceded, as she faced MEPs in the European parliament amid mounting criticism of the bloc’s slow deployment of vaccines. Read the full report from the Guardian’s Europe correspondent Jon Henley: Related: Ursula von der Leyen admits errors in EU Covid vaccine rollout 11.53am GMT Reuters reports: _ GREEK restaurant and cafe owners pleaded on Wednesday for additional government support to protect livelihoods and jobs after months of crippling restrictions on their businesses to help stem the spread of Covid-19._ _Some 80,000 restaurants and cafes in tourism-dependent GREECE, employing about 350,000 people, closed in September and have been allowed to offer only delivery and take away services since._ Continue reading...
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