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* [UK says new coronavirus strain is more infectious, but vaccines should still work](https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-britain-strain/uk-says-new-coronavirus-strain-is-more-infectious-but-vaccines-should-still-work-idUSKBN28T0KL) is also covered in [Britain says new coronavirus variant up to 70% more transmissible](https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/britain-says-new-coronavirus-variant-up-to-70-more-transmissible), a quick fact sheet by The Straits Times
* [New COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa](https://sacoronavirus.co.za/2020/12/18/new-covid-19-variant-identified-in-sa/) is allegedly not only spreading fast but [more dangerous, causing more severe illness in younger patients who do not suffer from other medical conditions](https://bgr.com/2020/12/19/coronavirus-mutation-south-africa-501-v2/) and [driven by new Covid-19 mutation that affects younger people](https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/second-wave-driven-by-new-covid-19-mutation-that-affects-younger-people-4ff4fa48-132d-4456-a094-8c1c1516ab0d) although this is, for now, only media analysis; ScienceMag states [Mutant coronavirus in the United Kingdom sets off alarms but its importance remains unclear](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/mutant-coronavirus-united-kingdom-sets-alarms-its-importance-remains-unclear)
* [Sanofi, in unusual move, to help Pfizer, BioNTech make coronavirus vaccine doses](https://www.biopharmadive.com/news/sanofi-in-unusual-move-to-help-pfizer-biontech-make-coronavirus-vaccine/594004/), with the earliest batches to be made available by August 2021, after setbacks and delays in the development of its own vaccine candidates, after demand for existing vaccines has widely outstripped supply as immunization campaigns have kicked off in the US, UK and Europe
* [Confidential European Commission documents seen by a German media team show a majority of EU member states wanted "traditional" vaccines and were "very little interested" in new-type jabs from BioNTech-Pfizer and Moderna](https://www.dw.com/en/covid-vaccines-largely-unwanted-at-first-slowed-eu-talks-report/a-56480023), published on Deutsche Welle, states that considerations of unknown efficacy, price, and logistical complexity of the mRNA vaccines made most EU state push for other, better-known types


## API and feeds
# API and feeds

* [John Hopkins daily data](https://github.com/CSSEGISandData) in CSV format
* [CoronaDataScraper](https://coronadatascraper.com/) provides much more extensive daily data by getting it from each government, although it's being replaced with [Li](https://github.com/covidatlas/li) which is to be run locally
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