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Study: Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca vaccines "highly effective" against COVID variants
Two doses of the COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech or AstraZeneca are "highly effective" against variants first detected in India and the United Kingdom, Public Health England announced Saturday.
Why it matters: Some health experts have expressed concerns that contagious new variants could be more resistant against coronavirus vaccines, potentially prolonging the pandemic.
New Hong Kong national security law sets harsh penalties for broadly defined political crimes
Hong Kong's government released the text of a new national security law imposed by Beijing just as the law came into force on Tuesday.
What it says: The law defines crimes such as terrorism and sedition broadly, but mandates harsh sentences — in many cases life imprisonment — for those found to have committed them. It will be enforced by a National Security Committee, headed by Hong Kong's chief executive, without any input from the judiciary.