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15.12.2020 / 10:25

Germany demands EU agency approve vaccine before Christmas

BERLIN – Germany's health minister further increased the pressure on the European Union’s regulatory agency, demanding that it approve a coronavirus vaccine before Christmas, the dpa news agency reported Tuesday.“Our goal is an approval before Christmas so that we can still start vaccinating this year,” Health Minister Jens Spahn said late Monday.Spahn had already expressed impatience with the European Medicines Agency on Sunday, noting that Germany has created more than 400 vaccination centers and has activated about 10,000 doctors and medical staff and was ready to start mass vaccinations as early as Tuesday.

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EU chief negotiator still sees hope to clinch EU-UK deal

BRUSSELS – European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier said Monday he still has the firm belief that a Brexit trade agreement is possible, and whittled the outstanding disputes to be settled ahead of the New Year to just two. Barnier said that the nine-month negotiations had come down to finding settlements on fair-competition rules and fishing rights, no longer mentioning the issue of legal mechanisms for resolving future disputes that also long dogged the negotiations.

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Medicinal cannabis users' delivery service from Netherlands made permanent

Patients who are prescribed medical cannabis products will no longer need to travel to the Netherlands to collect their medication, the Minister for Health has confirmed.

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Deadline comes knocking: Is there hope left for Brexit deal?

BRUSSELS – Facing yet another self-imposed Brexit deadline on Sunday, the chief negotiators from the European Union and United Kingdom were making last-ditch efforts to bridge differences on a trade deal that have proved insurmountable for the best part of the year. The EU's Michel Barnier and Britain's David Frost were already meeting just after dawn Sunday to try to reach a middle ground.

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Five years on, signs that Paris climate accord is working

cheaper renewable energy.On Saturday, exactly five years after the Paris climate agreement was struck, world leaders will gather virtually to both celebrate progress and chart the next steps.The summit, hosted by the France, the United Kingdom and the UN, is designed to press leaders to ramp up their ambitions for the coming years and make good on past commitments.More than 100 countries — and even more companies, states and cities — have pledged to achieve net zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century.

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Coronavirus: EU agrees vaccines should arrive simultaneously in member states, Merkel says

COVID-19 vaccines should arrive across the European Union’s 27 member states at the same time, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Brussels on Friday, stating they “want to do this in a very coordinated fashion and show that everyone has the same kind of access.”

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Pakistan asks UN to probe fake pro-India NGOs, media

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's foreign minister on Friday called for the United Nations and the European Union to investigate a recent report's findings that exposed a 15-year disinformation campaign to serve India's interests and discredit Pakistan.The extensive report was published earlier this week by EU DisinfoLab, a Brussels-based nongovernmental organization. The findings detail how 10 defunct but U.N.-accredited NGOs were “revived” in order to influence the EU and the U.N.

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Brexit sends ripples of uncertainty down France's coast

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER – BOULOGNE-SUR-Long lines of trucks carrying stockpiles for British companies jam the highways leading to France's northern port of Calais, while in the coastal town of Boulogne-sur-Mer, French fishermen pull in their lines and fear that battles over fishing rights will soon erupt. Up and down France's northern coast, the uncertainty of Brexit is causing ripples of chaos and frustration.

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Heavy job cuts in $4.1 bln rescue plan for Portugal airline

LISBON – Portugal’s government unveiled Friday a 3.4 billion-euro ($4.1 billion) rescue package for national airline TAP Air Portugal that entails more than 3,500 job losses — around one-third of the workforce.The plan, which requires the blessing of European Union authorities, also foresees a payroll cut of up to 25% by lowering wages.If approved, 500 pilots, 750 cabin crew and 750 ground crew will be laid off. Another 1,600 short-term contracts aren’t being renewed at the company, which currently has around 10,000 employees.

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Businesses plead for Brexit deal as trade talks remain stuck

LONDON – British trucking firms, supermarkets and other businesses on Friday implored the government to strike a last-minute trade deal with the European Union, as the two sides’ leaders told their citizens to brace for New Year upheaval in the U.K.-EU trading relationship.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said there is a “strong possibility” that negotiations on a new economic relationship to take effect Jan. 1 will fail.

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EU leaders agree to reduce emissions after all-night talks

BRUSSELS – European Union leaders reached a hard-fought deal Friday to cut the bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by the end of the decade compared with 1990 levels, avoiding a hugely embarrassing deadlock ahead of a U.N. climate meeting this weekend.Following night-long discussions at their two-day summit in Brussels, the 27 member states approved the EU executive commission’s proposal to toughen the bloc’s intermediate target on the way to climate neutrality by mid-century, after a group of reluctant, coal-reliant countries finally accepted to support the improved goal.Five years after the Paris agreement, the EU wants to be a leader in the fight against global warming.

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US experts vote to approve Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine

A panel of experts in the US has voted to recommend granting emergency approval for Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for the United States to become the next country to move ahead with mass immunisation.

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Emissions fell record 7% in pandemic-hit 2020

Covid-19 pandemic, the Global Carbon Project said Friday in its annual assessment.The fall of an estimated 2.4 billion tonnes is considerably larger than previous annual record declines, such as 0.9 billion tonnes at the end of World War II or 0.5 billion tonnes in 2009 at the height of the financial crisis.Also read: Why Hollywood studios’ romance for Bollywood has prematurely souredThe international team of researchers behind the report said emissions from fossil fuels and industry would be around 34 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent this year -- still a significant chunk of Earth's remaining "carbon budget".Emissions reductions were most pronounced in the United States (down 12 percent) and the European Union (down 11 percent), the Global

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EU warns Bosnia to help migrants as entire families on move

VELIKA KLADUSA – VELIKA KLADUSA, Bosnia-Entire migrant families are on the move in cold winter weather in Bosnia while trying to reach the West as the European Union urged the Balkan country to act to prevent a humanitarian crisis. The EU's Bosnia mission warned in a statement that current weather conditions are putting at risk the lives of more than 3,000 people who have been sleeping rough or staying in inadequate conditions in the country.

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ECB boosts pandemic stimulus with more bond-buying, bank loans

European Central Bank escalated its efforts to shield the eurozone from a possible double-dip recession with another burst of monetary stimulus to lock in low-interest rates at least until the pandemic crisis is over.Policymakers increased and extended emergency bond purchases, and approved more/cheaper long-term loans to banks/on even cheaper terms.

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EU inches toward landmark budget, virus recovery fund deal

BRUSSELS – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Thursday that the European Union is on the brink of sealing an agreement on a massive budget and a coronavirus recovery package, signaling that it has almost overcome objections from his country and Poland about tying EU funds to upholding the rule of law.“We are just one inch from reaching a consensus,” Orban told reporters as he arrived at EU headquarters in Brussels for a two-day summit, adding that all sides are fighting for ”a victory for common sense.”“It is obvious that when our nations and so many millions of people are in real need because of (the) pandemic and the economic consequences of that, we have to behave reasonably,” said Orban, whose nationalist governments has been

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EU looking to reinforce climate credentials during summit

BRUSSELS – Five years after the Paris agreement, the European Union’s climate credentials will be put to the test as the bloc's leaders meet Thursday to try and seal an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by the end of the decade compared to 1990 levels.The EU wants to be a leader in the fight against global warming.

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Covid travel rules 'could ban Brits from entering EU in New Year'

direct to your inboxHolidaymakers looking to travel to Europe may be banned in the New Year. Reports suggest that from January when the Brexit transition period ends, Brits could be prevented from travelling to EU countries.

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UK says EU trade talks face 'moment of finality' on weekend

LONDON – Britain’s foreign minister said Thursday that negotiations on a trade deal with the European Union will reach a “moment of finality” this weekend, with both sides assessing chances of an agreement as slim.Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the Sunday deadline set by Britain and the EU for a decision was final — though he added “you can never say never entirely.”European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson held a three-hour dinner meeting Wednesday in hope of unblocking stalled talks, but came away saying the gaps between them were large.“We understand each other’s positions.

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European Medicines Agency targeted in cyberattack

The EU's medicines regulator has said it has been the victim of a cyberattack.

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European pilots call for recovery plan for aviation sector

The body representing 40,000 pilots in Europe has called for a comprehensive recovery plan for the aviation sector to avoid long-term harm to thousands of workers and their families.

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Poles voice fears of 'Polexit' as govt defies EU over budget

WARSAW – As the Polish government plays a game of chicken with the European Union over its next long-term budget, some Poles are voicing fears that a drawn-out conflict could put their country on a path toward an eventual departure from the bloc, or “Polexit.”Poland's conservative government, led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski's Law and Justice party, denies that it has ever wanted to leave the 27-member bloc and popular support for EU membership runs extremely high.But critics fear the combative tone of Polish leaders — who have recently compared the EU to the Soviet Union and used terms like "political enslavement" to describe Poland's predicament in the standoff — could create momentum, which if unstopped, could accidently bring the nation to the

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UK, EU head for supper showdown over Brexit trade deal

BRUSSELS – Leaders of Britain and the European Union will meet Wednesday for a dinner that could pave the way to a post-Brexit trade deal — or tip the two sides toward a chaotic economic rupture at the end of the month.Early-morning comments from both sides insisting that it was for the other to compromise only highlighted the difficult task ahead for U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

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AP Interview: EU regulator hopes for 'multiple' vaccines

TORONTO, ONT – The executive director of the European Medicines Agency said Tuesday she hopes there might be “multiple" vaccines to help stop the coronavirus pandemic by the end of next year.Emer Cooke told The Associated Press in an interview that the EU regulator might approve the first COVID-19 vaccine, made by Pfizer and BioNTech after an “extraordinary meeting” to evaluate the evidence on Dec. 29, although that date could be moved up earlier.

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Pressure mounts on Hungary, Poland to unlock EU stimulus

BRUSSELS – Germany's Europe minister said Tuesday that further delaying the European Union's landmark 1.82 trillion-euro ($2.21 trillion) long-term budget and coronavirus recovery package would be “irresponsible" as diplomats envisage a solution without Poland and Hungary, the two EU states holding up the measure.Speaking ahead of a video conference of European affairs ministers, Michael Roth said the stimulus is crucial for many European countries whose economies have been devastated by the pandemic. But Poland and Hungary, who agreed on the deal in July, are now vetoing the package because of a mechanism that would allow the EU to cut off funds to countries that violate the bloc's democratic standards.

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UK-EU talks near collapse ahead of Johnson Brussels trip

LONDON – Britain and the European Union warned Tuesday that talks on a post-Brexit free-trade deal are teetering on the brink of collapse, with just over three weeks until an economic rupture that will cause upheaval for businesses on both sides of the English Channel.Officials downplayed the chances of a breakthrough when Prime Minister Boris Johnson heads to Brussels for face-to-face talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the next few days.With negotiators deadlocked on key issues after months of tense talks, German European Affairs Minister Michael Roth said the bloc’s confidence in Britain was hanging in the balance.“What we need is political will in London,” said Roth, whose country currently holds the EU’s

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Tough budget talks risk delaying EU's new emissions target

BRUSSELS – Under pressure to deliver an updated climate target this month, European Union leaders are unlikely to agree on a more ambitious number when they meet this week if they can't compromise on the 27-nation bloc's long-term budget, top European diplomat says.The last time EU leaders discussed climate targets in October, they could not immediately adopt a proposal requiring unanimous support to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels, and decided to try again during their December summit.But a dispute over the bloc's money has since emerged as Poland and Hungary now threaten to veto a major coronavirus pandemic aid package and the EU's budget for 2021-2027 because of a mechanism linking EU funding

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EU weighs new dawn for trans-Atlantic ties under Biden

BRUSSELS – European Union foreign ministers were debating Monday ways to work together more closely with the United States on global diplomacy, with the bloc hopeful that the arrival of President-elect Joe Biden will breathe new life into trans-Atlantic relations.“With Joe Biden’s election as the new American president, there are a lot of major opportunities that we as Europe want to take,” said German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, whose country holds the EU’s rotating presidency until the end of the month.“Not everything will be different, but a lot will be better, and we must be clear what part of our responsibility we will take, and where we will cooperate with the United States — be it in our direct or indirect neighborhood, in the

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Covid vaccines could be airlifted to UK if Brexit snarls ports: Minister

LONDON : Millions of doses of a COVID-19 vaccine could be airlifted to Britain if ports are snarled up because Britain fails to agree a trade deal with the European Union when the Brexit transition period ends, a junior foreign office minister said on Monday."We have extensive plans in place to ensure the protection of our vaccines, that is absolutely the priority product," James Cleverly told Sky News.

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Coronavirus vaccine may have to be airlifted to UK by Armed Forces in no-deal Brexit

The coronavirus vaccine may have to be airlifted into the UK and moved by the Armed Forces in a no-deal Brexit, a Tory minister has confirmed.

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EU negotiator kicks off hectic day for final Brexit deal

BRUSSELS – European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier on Monday set off one of the most intense days in the long-running Brexit trade negotiations with a pre-dawn debriefing of the 27 member states to see if a deal is still possible with London ahead of the Jan. 1 deadline.In the evening, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will have his second phone call with EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen in barely 48 hours, to decide whether to pull the plug on an agreement that could cost hundreds of thousands of jobs on both sides and disrupt cross-Channel trade for years to come.

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Venezuelans wait for results from boycotted congress vote

CARACAS – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s socialist party was poised to gain control of the National Assembly, the country’s last major independent institution, in congressional elections boycotted by the main opposition coalition.Official results had not yet been released by late Sunday night, but analysts they say are a near-foregone conclusion with the vote largely shunned by rival candidates and declared a sham by the U.S., European Union and several other nations. Maduro, who already has the loyalty of the courts, the military, prosecutors and other institutions, is expected to load the formerly opposition-controlled National Assembly with his supporters after the vote.

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Last-ditch post-Brexit talks to resume between EU and UK

BRUSSELS – Last-ditch discussions between the U.K. and the European Union over future trade ties are set to resume in Brussels later Sunday, two days after they were “paused” amid "significant differences" on an array of issues.Britain's main negotiator, David Frost, arrived in the Belgian capital on Sunday to pick up discussions with his EU counterpart, Michel Barnier.

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Romanians elect new lawmakers, seek end to political turmoil

BUCHAREST – Romanian voters cast ballots Sunday in a legislative election that many hope will restore some stability in one of the poorest European Union nations after five years of political and social turmoil. More than 18 million Romanians are registered to vote for a new national parliament but turnout is expected to be low due to voters’ fears about becoming infected with coronavirus.

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UK and EU leaders to hold crunch talks on post-Brexit ties

LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Union's top official are set to discuss the state of play of post-Brexit trade discussions later Saturday after negotiators paused talks in light of their inability to bridge an array of differences.With the discussions stuck over the same issues for months, Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the EU's executive European Commission, will see if there is a route to a deal.With the U.K.'s post-Brexit transition period due to conclude at the end of the year, the discussions are clearly facing a crunch point, not least because of the necessary approvals required from both sides.

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Germany readies vaccine centers amid security concerns

BERLIN – Officials in Germany said Friday that they are taking the potential for attacks on mass vaccination centers into consideration as they set up sites to prepare for European Union regulators authorizing the first coronavirus vaccines. Britain gave the green light Wednesday for emergency use of a vaccine made by German firm BioNTech and U.S.

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Covid-19 vaccine will be available in India in coming few weeks: PM Modi

covid-19 vaccine, ahead of the US and European Union.Indicating that India is ready for covid-19 vaccination, the Prime Minister shared his experience of visiting the vaccine manufacturing facilities in Ahmedabad, Pune, and Hyderabad.“About eight potential vaccines, currently in different stages of trial, will be manufactured in India, that include the three indigenous vaccines," the prime minister said.A National Expert Group, that includes technical experts and officials of both the Centre and states, has been constituted to shoulder the responsibility of the vaccine distribution campaign.

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Nursing homes to get first COVID vaccinations in Sweden

Sweden to be vaccinated against the new coronavirus, the government said on Friday.Sweden has signed up to receive five of the six vaccines to be purchased through the European Union's common procurement scheme; the first, from Pfizer and BioNTech's, could be approved by the European Medicines Agency in late December."First, we need to protect the most vulnerable, then vaccinate the whole population so the pandemic slows and then is stopped," Johan Carlson, head of the Public Health Agency, told a news conference.Sweden has imposed some of the least stringent social and economic restrictions in Western Europe to tackle the pandemic.

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UK says EU trade talks at tricky point as hopes of deal dim

LONDON – Britain’s business minister said Friday that U.K.-EU trade talks are at a “difficult” point, as British officials poured cold water on hopes of an imminent breakthrough — and France said it could veto any agreement it didn’t like.U.K. Business Secretary Alok Sharma said Britain was “committed to reaching an agreement.”“But, of course, time is short and we are in a difficult phase.

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Fishing holds key to Brexit trade deal as talks drag on

BRUSSELS – In the decisive final days of talks, the tiny fishing industry is holding up a massive trade deal between the European Union and recently departed Britain, putting at risk hundreds of thousands of jobs and tens of billions of euros in annual production losses.While fishing is a negligible part of the nations’ economies, it is an important point of national pride for coastal and island nations and has a massive impact on politics.

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Denmark to end oil, gas extraction in North Sea

COPENHAGEN – Denmark has decided to end to all oil and gas offshore activities in the North Sea by 2050 and has cancelled its latest licensing round, saying the country is "now putting an end to the fossil fuel era.”The Danish Parliament voted late Thursday to end the offshore gas and oil extraction that started in 1972 and has made it the largest producer in the European Union. Non EU-members Norway and Britain are larger producers.Denmark is estimated to pump some 83,000 barrels of crude oil and another 21,000 barrels of oil equivalent this year, according to the government.That is relatively little in a global context.

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Ireland 'in line' with EU states on vaccine roll-out, says Donnelly

The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said Ireland is 'in line' with the rest of the EU27 when it comes to the roll out of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.

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The Latest: New cases declining in New Delhi, rest of India

1st vaccines to health care workers, nursing homes— ‘ Very dark couple of weeks ’: Morgues and hospitals overflow— EU eyes Dec 29 approval for 1st virus vaccine, later than US— British lawmakers have voted to approve new coronavirus restrictions in England that will take effect within hours. But Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced substantial opposition from within his Conservative Party over the measures.

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Scientists fear no-deal Brexit as deadline looms

Cathleen O’GradyBrexit is set to become a reality, but its likely consequences for researchers are still emerging. The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January, but has remained part of EU trade and travel agreements while the final Brexit deal is negotiated.

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No-deal Brexit will 'batter sectors helping economy recover from coronavirus'

A no-deal Brexit will damage sectors helping the battered economy recover from coronavirus, the UK’s fiscal watchdog has warned.

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With a month until split, Brexit trade deal hangs in balance

LONDON – The British government told businesses on Tuesday to make sure they are ready for big changes when the U.K. makes its final Brexit break from the European Union in exactly a month.

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Pfizer/BioNTech seek EU emergency approval for vaccine

Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine could be rolled out in Europe this month, the companies said after they applied for EU emergency approval.

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Coronavirus vaccine: Pfizer applies for EU emergency authorisation for its Covid-19 jab

With coronavirus cases around the world now at over 63 million, scientists have been working around the clock to develop a vaccine.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
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