1 hr 5 min agoDr. Birx: Limit indoor gatherings to immediate households this ThanksgivingFrom CNN's Aditi SangalWhite House coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said Americans should limit indoor gatherings to immediate households this Thanksgiving. This is the first coronavirus vaccine to seek a regulatory OK in the United States. His comments follow German Chancellor Angela Merkel's announcement that she expects a coronavirus vaccine to be approved in Europe in December, or "very soon after the turn of the year." A CNN investigation earlier this week, however, revealed that official Russian coronavirus death figures may be grossly understating the real toll by excluding people whose cause of death is attributable to other conditions. Most countries count a death from other conditions, such as pneumonia, as a Covid-19 death if the coronavirus infection triggered the person's deteriorating health.

Source: The Nation November 20, 2020 15:13 UTC