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The New York Rangers partially addressed their lack of depth at center by signing David Desharnais to a one-year, $1 million deal. “I have to say that I really liked what I saw from (Lias) Andersson at our development camp,� said head coach Alain Vigneault, per the New York Post. “I have a contract back home with Frolunda, so we’ll see what’s happening, see what the Rangers want,� he said.

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is working well in South Africa, offering protection against severe disease and death, the head of a trial in the country said on Friday. The J&J vaccine was administered to healthcare workers from mid-February in a research study, which was completed in May, with 477,234 health workers vaccinated, joint lead investigator on the trial Glenda Gray told a media briefing. South Africa’s health regulator approved the J&J shot in April, and it is being used in the national vaccine programme alongside Pfizer’s.