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Washington, Feb 22 (EFE/EPA).- The United States on Monday surpassed half a million deaths from Covid-19, a somber record far in excess of any other country's pandemic fatalities and which comes at a time when the Joe Biden administration is accelerating the vaccination campaign.As of 5 pm US Eastern Time, according to the independent tally being kept by The Johns Hopkins University, 500,071 people had died in the US from Covid-19 and 28,174,133 confirmed coronavirus cases had been detected since the pandemic began more than a year ago. (Camera: WILL OLIVER). SHOT LIST: WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL RINGS ITS BELLS AND THE US FLAG FLIES AT HALF-STAFF ABOVE THE WHITE HOUSE TO HONOR COVID-19 VICTIMS, IN WASHINGTON, DC, US.
Up to three times more people have died due to the Covid-19 pandemic than indicated in officially reported Covid-19-related death tolls, says WHO Assistant Director-General in charge of data, Samira Asma. IMAGES
In Switzerland, the watchman of Lausanne's cathedral rings the emergency bell to pay tribute to Covid-19 victims during a national commemoration day. IMAGES
The Pentagon has upped the number of National Guard members it wants present at President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration by 4,000. CNN reports the Pentagon on Friday authorized up to 25,000 National Guard members, marking an increase from the 21,000 troops authorized a day earlier. Law enforcement in Washington, DC, and around the country is bracing for more extremist violence after the deadly insurrection at the Capitol last week. The DOD announced Tuesday that Guardsmen and women will be armed. Law enforcement is monitoring phones and other communications in an all-out effort to track individuals to ensure they do not travel to Washington.
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