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With new strains of coronavirus fueling a pandemic, the number of COVID-19 cases has already surpassed 96 million worldwide. A new strain of the virus, first detected in the UK, has already spread to more than 60 countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
The United States continues to be the most affected country; About a fifth of the 2 million recorded worldwide. deaths from COVID-19. Biden has made fighting the pandemic a top priority for his administration.
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“We need all our strength to endure this dark winter. Perhaps the most difficult and deadly period of the virus begins, “Biden said during his inauguration, where the participants wore masks and had to maintain a social distance.
Johns Hopkins University announced Wednesday that 405,400 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States. World War II killed 405,399 Americans.
One of the goals of the J. Biden administration is to vaccinate 100 million people in 100 days. Americans, hoping to revive vaccination stalled in the final weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency.
E-commerce giant Amazon offered its vast logistics infrastructure for a vaccination campaign on Wednesday.
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Jeff Zients, the Biden administration’s pandemic coordinator, said the United States would also join the WHO, from which the country withdrew by Trump’s decision.
Zients added that a delegation led by the country’s top communicable disease specialist, Anthony Fauci, will attend a meeting of the WHO executive board on Thursday.
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