Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Five things you need to know
US President Joe Biden has announced measures to force about 100 million workers in the country to be vaccinated against COVID-19 – or face weekly testing for the virus. Many critics of the plan have reacted with fury, including some Republican state governors.
Biden blames unvaccinated for US's COVID-19 slog https://t.co/MnskTBx2BK pic.twitter.com/SNXoej62bo
— The Hill (@thehill) September 10, 2021
Former Genesis drummer Phil Collins has said he can "barely hold a drumstick" due to ill-health. The 70-year-old has diabetes among other health problems.
Musician Phil Collins says his drumming days are over https://t.co/nbWqhTNASi pic.twitter.com/8EQ0fdQv6p
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 10, 2021
A woman who helped create the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has said two doses continue to offer strong protection against the virus. Professor Sarah Gilbert said the first dose provides the most protection and that deciding whether to administer a third dose can be "complex."
Sarah Gilbert, the Oxford professor who led the development of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, said a third dose was unnecessary for most people.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 10, 2021
"We need to get vaccines to countries where few of the population have been vaccinated so far," she said. https://t.co/gFpolYza5F
Researchers who hung rhinoceroses upside down to see what effects it had on the giant mammals have been handed the Ig Nobel prize for transportation. Other winners of the spoof award include Pavlo Blavatskyy, whose research found a link between corruption and politicians' level of obesity.
Upside-down rhino research wins Ig Nobel Prize https://t.co/NdeEgFaIYN
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 10, 2021
Police in Austria have accused a man of keeping his mother's dead body in a basement for over a year while receiving her pension payments. The man is said to have used ice packs and bandages to mask the smell.
Austrian police said they had discovered the body of an 89-year-old woman who died over a year ago and was mummified in the cellar by her son who wanted to continue receiving her benefits https://t.co/TRYhfiZz8t
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 9, 2021
