US coronavirus vaccine rollout begins

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After the US approved Pfizer and BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine, its rollout has begun. Nick Timiraos is chief economics correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and tells us about the potential economic impact of a successful vaccination programme. And with indications that further coronavirus economic stimulus may be passed in the US soon, we examine the implications with Constance Hunter, chief economist for KPMG in the country. Also in the programme, the BBC's Karishma Vaswani looks at the effort to make Singapore a hub for distributing Covid-19 vaccines across the whole of Asia. US authorities have issued an emergency directive to stop using SolarWinds' Orion software, used by some of the world's biggest companies and US government departments, following a major cyberattack. Ken Munro is from the cyber security specialists Pen Test Partners, and brings us the details. Plus, our regular workplace commentator Peter Morgan's cockapoo Posy weighs in on why pet companies have performed particularly strongly this year. (Picture: A container of the first shipment of Pfizer's vaccine in the US. Picture credit: Getty Images.)