Bill Gates tweeted.Also Read | Revenge of the lambs at the GabbatoirThe US started its immunisation programme on 14 December with shots of precious frozen vials of vaccine made by Pfizer Inc.

and its German partner BioNTech. A nurse in New York was the first person to receive the vaccine in the US.Last month, the US President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris received their first shots live on television and urged public trust in the process.The United States on Sunday recorded over 25 million Covid-19 cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

The number of coronavirus cases in the US has reached 25,003,695, with 417,538 fatalities.The coronavirus pandemic is expected to kill more than 600,000 people in the United States,.

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Biden warns of growing ‘cost of inaction’ on $1.9T COVID-19 relief plan

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is warning of a steep and growing "cost of inaction" on his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan as the White House searched for "creative" ways to win public support for a package that is getting a cold shoulder from Senate Republicans.In the age of the coronavirus, it’s not as simple as jumping on a plane to travel the country and try to gin up a groundswell.

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Biden warns of growing cost of delay on $1.9T econ aid plan

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is warning of a steep and growing “cost of inaction” on his $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan as the White House searched for “creative” ways to win public support for a package that is getting a cold shoulder from Senate Republicans.

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Biden, Democrats hit gas on push for $15 minimum wage

WASHINGTON – The Democratic push to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour has emerged as an early flashpoint in the fight for a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, testing President Joe Biden's ability to bridge Washington's partisan divides as he pursues his first major legislative victory.

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COVID-19 vaccine: These retail stores, pharmacies and supermarkets are offering immunizations

LOS ANGELES - Amid the roll-out of coronavirus vaccines, various retailers have answered the call to help immunize eligible the public, including Walmart, Costco and Publix.President Joe Biden has pledged to deliver more than 100 million injections in his first 100 days in office — and suggested it's possible the U.S. could reach 1.5 million shots a day.

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COVID-19 pummels US economy in 2020; performance weakest in 74 years

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New Jersey vaccine supply to increase 30% over 3 weeks

A vial and a syringe TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey is set to get a 30% increase in the number of coronavirus vaccine doses over the next three weeks, the state's top health official said Wednesday.New Jersey's allotment of vaccines from the federal government will rise from about 100,000 doses a week to 130,000 for three weeks, Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said during a news conference.The boosted figure comes after President Joe Biden announced Tuesday his administration would increase how much states got by about 16%.Democratic Gov.

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India, China's Covid-19 vaccinations to stretch to late 2022: Study

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White House eyes 200 million more vaccine doses, summer goal

Yesterday and today President Joe Biden and his team of COVID-19 advisors updated their plans to vaccinate all Americans aged 16 and older by the end of summer against COVID-19, an ambitious goal that will require support from Congress, the full power of the Defense Production Act, and the confidence of the American people.

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At least 90,000 more Americans projected to die from COVID-19 in the next 4 weeks, White House warns

WASHINGTON - As many as 90,000 Americans are projected to die from the coronavirus in the next four weeks, the Biden administration warned in its first science briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic, as experts outlined efforts to improve the delivery and injection of COVID-19 vaccines.The hourlong briefing Wednesday by the team charged by President Joe Biden with ending the pandemic, was meant to deliver on his promise of "leveling" with the American people about the state of the outbreak that has already claimed more than 425,000 U.S. lives.

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WATCH LIVE: White House holds COVID-19 briefing

WASHINGTON – Fulfilling a campaign promise, President Joe Biden plans to reopen the HealthCare.gov insurance markets for a special sign-up opportunity geared to people needing coverage in the coronavirus pandemic.

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Biden pick for transportation, Buttigieg, advances in Senate

WASHINGTON – A Senate panel on Wednesday easily advanced President Joe Biden’s nomination of Pete Buttigieg to be transportation secretary, setting up a final confirmation vote for a key role in Biden’s push to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure and confront climate change.

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Biden's pick for UN post says US will counter China's agenda

CAMEROON – Linda Thomas-Greenfield says that if confirmed by the U.S. Senate as America's ambassador to the United Nations she will vigorously counter China’s authoritarian agenda and engage in “people-to-people diplomacy.”

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Covid vaccine: Bill Gates sees 6-8 month lag for poor countries to get jabs

Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and billionaire philanthropist, on Wednesday, said that poorer countries face a best-case scenario of a six- to eight-month lag behind richer nations in getting access to vaccines against the novel coronavirus to protect their populations against the pandemic.In an interview with news agency Reuters, Gates called the rollout of the first Covid-19 shots a "super hard allocation problem" that was putting pressure on global institutions, governments, and drugmakers.Also Read | How India has become an unequal republic"Every politician is under pressure to go bid for their country to get further up in line," Gates said.Bill Gates had received the first shot of a Covid vaccine this week, as per a post uploaded to his

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Biden says he's ‘bringing back the pros’ for virus briefings

WASHINGTON – For nearly a year it was the Trump show. Now President Joe Biden is calling up the nation’s top scientists and public health experts to regularly brief the American public about the pandemic that has claimed more than 425,000 U.S. lives.

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US boosting vaccine deliveries amid complaints of shortages

Answering growing frustration over vaccine shortages, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. is ramping up deliveries to hard-pressed states over the next three weeks and expects to provide enough doses to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of the summer or early fall.

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Seminole County says vaccine shipments decreasing by nearly in half

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – After President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday his administration plans to ramp up COVID-19 vaccine supply and notice given to states about upcoming shipments, a Central Florida county is saying more vaccines are needed.

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Biden to reopen 'Obamacare' markets for COVID-19 relief

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Kamala Harris gets second Covid-19 vaccine dose, urges everyone to do likewise

Also Read | How India has become an unequal republicPresident Joe Biden has said the goal of his administration is to vaccinate 100 million Americans in the first 100 days of his presidency.Meanwhile, the White House today said in a press release that the Biden administration is working to purchase additional 200 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines to reach 600 million doses this summer and vaccinate 300 million people."The Biden-Harris administration is working to purchase an additional 100 million doses of each of the two Food and Drug Administration-authorized vaccines - Pfizer and Moderna," the release said on Tuesday.

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Biden administration to boost coronavirus vaccine purchases amid shortage complaints

coronavirus vaccines to deliver enough to protect 300 million Americans by the end of the summer, as it surges deliveries to states for the next three weeks following complaints of shortages and inconsistent supplies.President Joe Biden announced the surge in deliveries to states Tuesday, along with the news that the federal government is purchasing an additional 100 million doses each of the two approved coronavirus vaccines.

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‘Wartime effort’: Biden boosting vaccine supply to states, buying 200 million more doses

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden spoke to the nation Tuesday about steps his administration is taking to meet his goal of administering 100 million COVID-19 vaccine shots within his first 100 days in office.Biden announced a surge in vaccine deliveries to states, along with the news that the federal government is purchasing an additional 100 million doses each of the two approved coronavirus vaccines.

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Vice President Kamala Harris, second gentleman Doug Emhoff receive 2nd COVID-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON - Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff got their second round of the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday.After receiving the shot, Harris joked, "when are you gonna put it in?" She called it "relatively painless."Harris encouraged Americans to get the vaccine, describing it as "something that will save your life and the life of your family and the community."The vice president received the first dose on Dec. 26 as part of a growing effort to encourage the public to trust both the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.Biden already received his second dose on Jan.

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Biden to deliver remarks on COVID-19 efforts amid rising confusion surrounding vaccine rollout

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is set to speak Tuesday afternoon about his COVID-19 plans, as more than 100 million people worldwide and over 25 million Americans have been infected.The president will be speaking from the White House about his administration’s planned COVID-19 response. He's scheduled to deliver the remarks at 4:45 p.m.

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Schumer: Democrats must pass virus aid with or without GOP

WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that Democrats are preparing to push ahead quickly on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package even if it means using procedural tools to pass the legislation on their own, leaving Republicans behind.

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Murphy's top message to Biden? Ramp up vaccine production

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy TRENTON, N.J. - The Biden administration should make manufacturing more COVID-19 vaccines its primary focus as it confronts the coronavirus pandemic, New Jersey Gov.

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Vaccine appointments canceled amid confusion over supply

An increasing number of COVID-19 vaccination sites around the U.S. are canceling appointments because of vaccine shortages in a rollout so rife with confusion that even the new CDC director admitted she doesn’t know exactly how many shots are in the pipeline.

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Democrats may move forward on coronavirus aid without Republicans: Schumer

Washington: Democrats in the U.S. Senate will act alone to approve a fresh round of coronavirus stimulus if Republicans do not support the measure, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday, the morning after securing a deal to exert his newly won leadership."We want to work with our Republican colleagues to advance this legislation in a bipartisan way.

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US live events industry offers to help with coronavirus vaccination effort in letter to Joe Biden

coronavirus vaccination effort.In a letter to President Joe Biden today (January 26), the likes of the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), Live Nation, AEG and others have formally offered their venues, staff, and expertise to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.The live events industry is in a unique position to help – the pandemic has fully shuttered operations, leaving venues empty and the furloughed crowd-management oriented staff who operate them eager to help out and get back to work.“Since the pandemic shuttered our industry almost a year ago, our buildings and our co-workers have been paused, un-utilised, and struggling,” said Dayna Frank, owner and CEO, First Avenue Productions and Board President of NIVA.“These vaccines are

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President Biden thinks US is on pace for herd immunity in 2021. Here’s what that means

President Joe Biden believes that the U.S. could reach herd immunity by the summer.

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AP sources: Joe Biden to pause oil drilling on public lands

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is set to announce a wide-ranging moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on U.S. lands, as his administration moves quickly to reverse Trump administration policies on energy and the environment and address climate change.

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Biden Commerce pick stresses investment in COVID-19 recovery

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden’s pick to oversee the Commerce Department says investments across the country are needed to provide Americans with a pathway to a good job as the nation recovers from the economic damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Joe Biden says herd immunity from Covid could be achieved this year

The Indian-Americans driving Biden’s agendaBiden reiterated that he believes the country is in a precarious spot and and that relief is urgently needed, even as he dismissed the possibility of embracing a scaled-down bill to secure passage faster. Among the features of the stimulus plan are a national vaccination program, aid to reopen schools, direct payments of $1,400 to individuals and financial relief for state and local governments.“Time is of the essence," Biden said.

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Veteran activists campaign for Biden's immigration reform

RENTON, Wash. – Immigrant rights activists energized by a new Democratic administration and majorities on Capitol Hill are gearing up for a fresh political battle to push through a proposed bill from President Joe Biden that would open a pathway to citizenship for up to 11 million people.

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Biden more bullish on vaccines, open to 1.5M daily shot goal

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden appeared to boost his goal for coronavirus vaccinations in his first 100 days in office, suggesting the nation could soon be injecting 1.5 million shots on an average per day.

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Janet Yellen wins Senate approval to become 1st female Treasury secretary

WASHINGTON - Janet Yellen already shattered a glass ceiling when she became the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve during the Obama Administration.

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Biden feels confident U.S. will be ‘well on our way’ to herd immunity by summer

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Monday appeared to boost his goal for coronavirus vaccinations in his first 100 days in office, suggesting that the nation could soon be vaccinating 1.5 million Americans on average per day.Biden’s hopeful outlook came after signing an executive order to boost government purchases from U.S. manufacturers.Biden added that he expects widespread availability of the vaccines for Americans by spring, with the U.S.

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Biden replaces White House doctor with longtime physician

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden has brought back Dr. Kevin O'Connor as his physician, replacing President Donald Trump's doctor with the one who oversaw his care when he was vice president.

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President Biden to reinstate COVID-19 travel rules

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Monday will formally reinstate COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-U.S. travelers from Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom and 26 other European countries that allow travel across open borders, according to two White House officials.

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Borders tighten around world as coronavirus curfew fury spills over

Netherlands.The United States was set to join France, Israel and Sweden in pulling up the drawbridge to certain arrivals, with special concern about new strains of the pathogen that originated in Britain and South Africa."It's up to us to show that we are civic-minded," Spaniard Claudio Barraza told AFP upon arrival at Paris's main international airport, after new rules on tests for EU arrivals came into force.The stipulations came as Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador became the latest public figure to test positive for the disease, and New Zealand reported its first community case for more than two months.In Washington, President Joe Biden will on Monday reimpose a ban on most non-US citizens who have been in Britain, Brazil,

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Biden to reinstate US Covid travel bans

US President Joe Biden will reimpose a Covid-19 travel ban on most non-US citizens who have been in Ireland, Britain, Brazil, and much of Europe, a White House official said, as the new administration ramps up its pandemic response.

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White House begins talks with lawmakers on COVID-19 relief

WASHINGTON – Top aides to President Joe Biden on Sunday began talks with a group of moderate Senate Republicans and Democrats on a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package as Biden faces increasing headwinds in his effort to win bipartisan backing for the initial legislative effort of his presidency.Lawmakers on the right question the wisdom of racking up bigger deficits while those on the left are urging Biden not to spend too much time on bipartisanship when the pandemic is killing thousands of Americans each day and costing more jobs amid tightening restrictions in many communities.At least a dozen senators met for an hour and 15 minutes in a virtual call with White House National Economic Council director Brian Deese and other senior

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Biden to reinstate COVID-19 travel rules

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 22: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event on economic crisis in the State Dining Room of the White House January 22, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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US President Joe Biden 'to bring back UK travel ban' to stop Covid variant spreading

The US is set to hit the UK with a travel ban following the discovery of the mutant Kent Covid strain, according to reports.

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Biden to reinstate COVID travel rules, add South Africa

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Monday will formally reinstate COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-U.S.

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Point Roberts pins COVID-19 border exemption hopes on President Biden

Point Roberts are hoping an executive order from U.S. President Joe Biden could lead to eased COVID-19 border restrictions.Point Roberts lies just south of Delta, B.C., and is separated from the rest of Washington state by water and the Canadian border.According to Point Roberts Chamber of Commerce president Brian Calder, 75 per cent of the property in Point Roberts is owned by Canadians, and visitors from north of the border drive 90 per cent of its economic activity.

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US to boost surveillance of new coronavirus variants, CDC head says

Covid-19 vaccines and therapeutics, the new head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.“We are now scaling up both our surveillance of these and our study of these," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said on “Fox News Sunday." The agency is working with others, including the Defense Department and the Food and Drug Administration, to monitor the variants, she said.Vivek Murthy, President Joe Biden’s nominee for surgeon general, said achieving broad immunity against the coronavirus by the start of the school year in September is “an ambitious goal," and that new strains of the disease will require continued masking, social distancing and better government tracking.“It is going to take a lot of work," Murthy said on ABC’s “This

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'We can't wait:' Biden to push U.S. Congress for $1.9 trillion in COVID relief

Washington: One of President Joe Biden's top economic aides on Sunday will press Democratic and Republican senators for a fresh $1.9 trillion in coronavirus relief to help struggling Americans and avert a larger economic crisis.Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council, said he would speak to the senators to make the case for a large rescue plan."We can't wait," White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. "Just because Washington has been gridlocked before doesn't mean it needs to continue to be gridlocked."The COVID-19 pandemic has killed more than 417,000 Americans, thrown millions out of work and is infecting more than 175,000 Americans per day, posing an immediate crisis to the Biden administration.

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Trump administration had no coronavirus vaccine distribution plan: White House

WASHINGTON : There was no distribution plan for the coronavirus vaccine set up by the Trump administration as the virus raged in the their last months in office, new President Joe Biden's chief of staff, Ron Klain, said on Sunday."The process to distribute the vaccine, particularly outside of nursing homes and hospitals out into the community as a whole, did not really exist when we came into the White House," Klain said on NBC's "Meet the Press." Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram.

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Why Biden's immigration plan may be risky for Democrats

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is confronting the political risk that comes with grand ambition.As one of his first acts, Biden offered a sweeping immigration overhaul last week that would provide a path to U.S. citizenship for the estimated 11 million people who are in the United States illegally.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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