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Saturday’s coronavirus updates: Paxton fourth-grader tests positive; Husband of Douglas, Iroquois wife among 17 dead; UI massmail: ‘We know how fast things can change’ | Coronavirus

A fourth-grader at Paxton’s Clara Peterson Elementary has tested positive for COVID-19, Superintendent Cliff McClure informed families and staff in a letter. “We are coordinating our efforts with the Ford County Health Department to immediately identify and monitor individuals who have recently had contact with the positive individual COVID-19 to …

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A tidal wave of news about covid vaccine is on the market

Text size Data from BioNTech and Pfizer were particularly promising. Jeenah Moon / Getty Images After a hiatus from a late summer break, the news of a Covid-19 vaccine is heating up again as a handful of leading programs are rapidly moving to a decisive phase. Reports from several companies …

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