• Global coronavirus cases surpass 250 million. Source
• Moderna issues a press release to announce that it has filed to expand the EU Conditional Marketing Authorization for its coronavirus vaccine to Include children ages 6-11 years. Source
• After 20 months, the US reopens to international travelers who have been fully vaccinated (with WHO-approved shots.) Source
• The US State Department and Human Rights Watch have called on China’s government to release Zhang Zen, a citizen journalist who traveled to Wuhan to document the coronavirus outbreak and response. Ms. Zen has been on a months-long hunger strike and is reported to be seriously ill. Source
• Singapore’s health ministry announces that it will cease covering medical expenses for COVID-19 patients who are “unvaccinated by choice” as of 8 December. Source