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Here are some significant developments:
- Anti-government protesters in Thailand clashed with police for a second day in the capital, Bangkok, with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets. Demonstrators are demanding the prime minister’s resignation over the government’s handling of the pandemic.
- Australia’s capital, Canberra, announced a week-long lockdown starting Thursday evening after reporting its first locally acquired coronavirus case in more than a year.
- New Zealand said Thursday it could open its borders early next year to vaccinated travelers from low-risk countries, although the move would depend on the island nation speeding up its lagging vaccination effort.
- Millions of coronavirus vaccine doses around the world are set to expire as some countries decline to send their unused shots abroad to countries in need of the vaccine.
- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance on Wednesday, recommending that pregnant people be vaccinated against the coronavirus after it found no increased risk of miscarriage among those who have been immunized.