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America celebrates scaled-back Thanksgiving as Covid-19 surges

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Americans awoke on Thursday to celebrate a Thanksgiving Day transformed by the coronavirus pandemic, with the Macy's parade limited to a television-only event and many families resigned to meeting on video for turkey dinner. FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.

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