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Bleak start to new year for Britain as it enters third lockdown
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Bleak start to new year for Britain as it enters third lockdown

  • Britain began its third COVID-19 lockdown on Tuesday with the government calling for one last major national effort to defeat the spread of a virus that has infected an estimated one in 50 citizens before mass vaccinations turn the tide.
  • Britain has been among the countries worst-hit by COVID-19, with the second highest death toll in Europe and an economy that suffered the sharpest contraction of any in the Group of Seven during the first wave of infections last spring.
Published 06 Jan, 2021 10:01am
Fauci sees U.S. gaining control over pandemic by next autumn
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Fauci sees U.S. gaining control over pandemic by next autumn

  • Dr. Anthony Fauci, said on Wednesday he foresees America achieving enough collective COVID-19 immunity through vaccinations to regain “some semblance of normality” by autumn 2021.
  • Fauci said he was “not surprised,” adding that additional cases of the variant would likely surface around the country and that the mutating nature of such viruses is normal.
Published 31 Dec, 2020 03:17pm
India hits 10 million coronavirus cases but pace slows
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India hits 10 million coronavirus cases but pace slows

  • India exceeded 10 million infections of the new coronavirus on Saturday, much later than predicted only a month ago as the pace of infections slows, despite many in the country giving up on masks and social distancing.
  • After hitting a peak of nearly 98,000 daily cases in mid-September, daily infections have averaged around 30,000 this month.
Published 19 Dec, 2020 04:07pm