Coronavirus deaths reached 2,157 on Tuesday - one person every 40 seconds - with another 170,000 people infected, as millions of Americans travelled for Thanksgiving. Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, urged people to keep Thanksgiving gatherings as small as possible. Families with university students have been forced to evaluate the risk of reuniting for Thanksgiving. LINES IN NEW YORK CITYAcross New York City, lines at COVID-19 testing sites wrapped around the block on Wednesday, video on Twitter showed. The Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed program plans to release 6.4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses nationwide as soon as one is approved.

Source: bd News24 November 25, 2020 23:48 UTC