The company has begun dosing up to 60,000 volunteers in a study of its vaccine, marking the first big US trial of an inoculation that may work after just one shot.
Even if the FDA were to allow emergency use of a vaccine by year's end, supplies would be limited and given first to vulnerable groups such as health workers. Most Americans aren't likely to receive a vaccine until next year.J&J's vaccine is made with slightly different technology than others in late-stage testing, modelled on an Ebola vaccine the company created.
The government source said the health minister would unveil a new "national framework" later on Wednesday, with government recommendations to local authorities depending on where they stand on a new colour-coded map of the country with "red", "super-red" and even "scarlet" areas. Two government sources said Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo was strongly resisting restrictions to opening hours of bars and cafes in the capital, arguing that would be devastating economically for the sector.
Three months later, the country has Europe's second-fastest pace of new cases, hospitals are filling up and authorities are racing to catch up.Getty Images
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