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4.02pm BST
In the UK, 30,838 people have tested positive for Covid in the last 24 hours.
A further 174 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus, according to the latest update to the government’s coronavirus dashboard on Tuesday.
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3.54pm BST
The US could have the Covid pandemic under control and achieve a return to “normality” by next spring, Dr Anthony Fauci said, if the “overwhelming majority” of the population is vaccinated.
The chief White House medical adviser was speaking to CNN on Monday night, after the federal Food and Drug Administration gave full approval to the Pfizer vaccine.
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Source: The Guardian