A hospital Staff member holds a vial of Covishield vaccine at the BLK Kapoor Super Specialty Hospital in New Delhi. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)
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Jan 20, 2021
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U.S. deaths topped 400,000, the world’s worst Covid-19 toll. Daily fatalities in Mexico hit a record.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced tighter curbs, and warned of border closures if neighboring nations can’t coordinate their efforts. The U.K. reported 1,610 new deaths, a daily record. European Union leaders pressed the bloc’s drugs regulator to approve vaccines faster.
In Asia, India said it will ship vaccines to Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles. Malaysia expanded its lockdown to all but one state as case numbers grow.
Globally, total Covid-19 cases exceeded 96 million with more than 2 million dead from the infection.
