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Added on the 28/12/2020 21:52:02 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Residents of Washington, DC, line up early in the morning at a Covid-19 drive-through test site. More than one million deaths from the novel coronavirus have been recorded worldwide since it emerged in China in December 2019, according to an AFP tally based on official sources at 2230 GMT Sunday. IMAGES
A long line of people snakes across a park in Washington, DC, at a makeshift Covid-19 test site near the White House, as people prepare for holiday festivities, just a few days away. IMAGES
16 states across the US broke a grim record on Friday, reporting their highest total of people hospitalized for COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Business Insider reports that since last fall, cases of COVID-19 have surged nationwide, particularly following the end of the holiday season. Alabama, Arkansas, Maryland, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia were hit hardest. Record hospitalizations were also seen this week in Arizona, California, Delaware, and Maine. The US Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for two COVID-19 vaccines at the end of 2020. However, a slow rollout means it will be many months before all who want a vaccination are immunized.
Northbrook/Skokie, Dec 7 (EFE/EPA).- Stores across Illinois were noticeably empty in the lead up to the holiday perios as coronavirus cases continue to spike nationwide. Fears brought on by the Coronavirus have sent many people online to make their gift purchases for the holiday season leaving traditional shopping locations void of customers. (Camera: TANNEN MAURY).SHOT LIST: CUSTOMERS SHOP IN NEARLY DESERTED SHOPPING MALLS IN NORTHBROOK AND SKOKIE, ILLINOIS, US.
According to CNN, cold weather and habits are the cause of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases, which have climbed to nearly 200,000 daily in the U.S. Alex Azar, Health and Human Services secretary, told Fox News on Sunday that people are neglecting the three "W's." He explained "Wash your hands, watch your distance, wear face coverings." Health experts predicted that the winter and holidays would bring increase the cases. Sunday marked the fifth consecutive day that the US surpassed 100,000 hospitalizations. This comes only a week after people traveled for Thanksgiving and shortly before Christmas, which means that the full effects of the surge still may not yet been seen. Azar told ABC, "We want to make sure everyone's loved ones are there NEXT Christmas, especially when we have so much hope of vaccines."
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