We’re at 400,000 dead, expected to reach well over 600,000,” Biden told a news conference, giving his highest estimate yet for the US outbreak’s eventual toll. The country marked its third consecutive day of more than 4,000 coronavirus deaths, bringing the overall count to 413,000 with 24.8 million confirmed infections. Brazil was meanwhile due to receive two million doses of a different jab developed by British pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca and Oxford University. – Imams back vaccine campaigns –In Britain, imams were using their Friday sermons to reassure worshippers that coronavirus vaccines are safe, exercising their clout in Muslim communities to support the immunization drive. The imams’ campaign comes as Britain battles to constrain the new strain of Covid-19.

Source: Punch January 23, 2021 06:11 UTC