Latest on worldwide coronavirus spread

Updated January 1 2021 - 8:39am, first published 8:34am
The new coronavirus variant does not appear to cause more severe illness than others, a study shows.
The new coronavirus variant does not appear to cause more severe illness than others, a study shows.

Only about 2.8 million Americans had received a COVID-19 vaccine going into the last day of December, putting the United States far short of the government's target to vaccinate 20 million people this month.

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