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Indonesia bans foreign visitors for two weeks over new coronavirus variant
International visitors will be barred from Indonesia for two weeks to try to keep out a new, potentially more contagious variant of the novel coronavirus, its foreign minister Retno Marsudi said.
Pfizer to complete supply of COVID-19 vaccines to EU by September
The distribution of an initial 200 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech across the European Union will be completed by September, a spokesman for the EU Commission said.
Swedish government to get wider shutdown powers under proposed pandemic law
The Swedish government will have the power to close shopping centers and public transport from Jan. 10 and fine people who break the rules, under a new law proposed to help halt the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Exclusive: Russia ships only first part of COVID-19 vaccine to Argentina
Russia’s first big international shipment of its coronavirus vaccine -- 300,000 doses sent to Argentina last week -- consisted only of the first dose of the two-shot vaccine, which is easier to make than the second dose, sources told Reuters.

Piecemeal data releases threaten to undermine Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine
Fragmental releases of efficacy data for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac could undermine confidence in the shot, as several countries prepare for mass inoculations with the vaccine.

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After Trump backs down on stimulus bill, Democrats aim for higher relief checks
Democrats will try to push through expanded $2,000 pandemic relief payments for Americans after President Donald Trump backed down from a fight with lawmakers that could have shut down the federal government.

Nashville blast suspect died in explosion, police say
The 63-year-old suspect in the bombing that shook Nashville on Christmas morning was killed in the blast that destroyed his motor home and damaged more than 40 businesses, authorities said.

China jails citizen-journalist for four years over Wuhan virus reporting
A Chinese court handed a four-year jail term to a citizen-journalist who reported from the central city of Wuhan at the peak of last year’s coronavirus outbreak, on grounds of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” her lawyer said.