18 January 2021
Vaccines undergo rigorous safety checks before they're approved for use. So when there's news of a potential problem — how do we make sense of it?
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18 Jan: US army officials request all 25,000 members of the National Guard stationed in Washington DC for Joe Biden's inauguration be vetted by the FBI over fears of an insider attack. Look back over the day's live blog.... more
18 Jan: Thousands of people have been caught without face masks in Bali but not all have been hit with a fine — many are getting away with little more than a racing pulse after a round of punitive push-ups.... more
18 Jan: We look at the two-hour presidential address that some thought killed a president, along with other history-making moments, ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration as the next president of the United States.... more
17 Jan: A bushfire in Perth's southern suburbs has been downgraded to a watch and act warning, but authorities say the situation remains critical amid "very trying conditions", with high temperatures and gusty south-easterly winds challenging firefighters.... more
17 Jan: The Buffalo Bills are through to their first AFC Championship game since 1994, defeating the Baltimore Ravens in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs... more
17 Jan: Kevan Gosper says it would not be out of the question for the International Olympic Committee to seek counsel from the United Nations, as COVID-19 threatens the staging of the Olympics in Japan.... more
17 Jan: India starts what authorities claim is the world's fastest and largest inoculation drive, with an estimated 191,000 healthcare workers receiving a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday.... more
17 Jan: People in Australia have had to wait months for a dog due to a surge in demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, but Tonga's main island of Tongatapu has the opposite problem.... more
