SQUAWK BOX, MONDAY 4TH JANUARY, 2021

U.S. President Trump appears to try to convince Georgia’s state election head to overturn the result over alleged voting irregularities. Meanwhile, China sees manufacturing activity expand but fails to reach the decade high of November. And in Europe, fresh lockdowns are looming while Japan is considering a new state of emergency. But Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock claims today marks a ‘pivotal moment’ in the country’s fight against the virus as it becomes the first to rollout the AstraZeneca-Oxford University vaccine, with 530k doses available today. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson urges people to “think big” following the country’s official withdrawal from the European Union.