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People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus wait for traffic light to walk along pedestrian crossings in the Shibuya area of Tokyo Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says vaccine approval is being speeded up to curb the spread of the coronavirus, and he promised to consider declaring a state of emergency. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 1200 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

A sign at the El Sarape restaurant advertises outdoor seating, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Olympia, Wash. Indoor dining is currently prohibited in the state, and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee was scheduled to give an update on ongoing state efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

A patient is loaded onto an ambulance outside of the emergency entrance to PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

A man wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walks past a display of lanterns at a public park in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. China has designated parts of Hebei province near Beijing as a coronavirus high danger zone after 14 new cases of COVID-19 were found. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

FILE - This May 4, 2020, file photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, shows the first patient enrolled in Pfizer's COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. The German pharmaceutical company BioNTech and its U.S. partner Pfizer say they have submitted an application for conditional approval of their coronavirus vaccine with the European Medicines Agency. (Courtesy of University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP, File)

Alejandro Nemoues, a resident at Ibaneta nursing home, is vaccinated with Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, in Erro, around 35 kms (21miles) from Pamplona, northern Spain, Tuesday Jan. 5, 2021. Spain plans to receive over 4.5 million doses of the vaccine over the next three months, enough it says to immunize just over 2.2 million people. The government estimates that this first phase will be enough to cover nursing home residents and workers, followed by health workers in general and people with disabilities. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Carmela Avena Woods, right, receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from a pharmacist at Nassau County's first vaccination distribution site, set up by Northwell Health and Nassau County, at Nassau County Community College, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Garden City, N.Y. Eligible frontline and health care workers were among the first people in the county to get the vaccine. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

An elderly woman participates in a protest against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the coronavirus in Brazilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. Protesters also called for the immediate start of COVID-19 vaccinations. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron prepares to receive his COVID-19 vaccination on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. Aaron and others received their vaccinations in an effort to highlight the importance of getting vaccinated for Black Americans who might be hesitant to do so. (AP Photo/Ron Harris)

14-year old student Isla Stanton, begins her home school lesson via a video link, in Ashford, south England, Tuesday Jan 5, 2021, following new lockdown measures to limit the coronavirus including the closure of schools. The lockdown and home schooling has become a major issue, highlighting the wealth divide with provision of internet connectivity, equipment issues and the impact on upcoming school exams. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out further measures including closure of schools as part of a seven week lockdown period in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus.(Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

People walk between cars parked at the front of the line after spending the night in their cars while waiting at Daytona Beach Municipal Stadium for COVID-19 vaccinations to start Tuesday morning, Jan. 5, 2021, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (David Tucker/The Daytona Beach News-Journal via AP)

81-year-old Gisela Rojek checks her vaccination card after a Pfizer-BioNTech Corona vaccination from doctor Michael Sasse, left, at the Cottbus vaccination centre in Cottbus, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. On this day, the two vaccination centres in Potsdam and Cottbus had started their operations. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP)