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Biden offers gloomy vaccine outlook as US reports first case of Covid-19 variant

The first known US case of a highly infectious coronavirus variant was detected in Colorado on Tuesday as president-elect Joe Biden warned it could take years for most Americans to be vaccinated for the virus at current distribution rates.

Biden’s prediction of a grim winter appeared aimed at lowering public expectations that the pandemic will be over soon after he takes office on Jan 20, while also sending a message to Congress that his administration will want to significantly increase spending to expedite vaccine distribution, expand testing and provide funding to states to help reopen schools...


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