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World Coronavirus Dispatch: Australia halts local vaccine over HIV concerns

Sanofi-GSK vaccine rollout delayed due to poor results for aged, ADB unveils $9-bn vaccine fund, Terror risks escalate in Africa and other pandemic-related news across the globe

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Pharma groups Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline have said the rollout of their vaccine against Covid-19 will be delayed at least until the last quarter of 2021

Akash Podishetty Hyderabad
US confronts record virus deaths

America reported more than 3,000 deaths on Wednesday for the first time since the pandemic began as the virus rages out of control. The US recorded a new weekly death record for the seven-day period ending Thursday, and is reporting more new cases and hospitalizations than ever before. More than 290,000 people have died nationwide during the pandemic. With a current average of more than 2,200 deaths per day, Covid-19 is, for at least this moment, surpassing heart disease and cancer as the leading killer in the country. Read here

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