Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to the White House, said that some Americans may decide to wear masks during certain seasons after the COVID-19 pandemic has ended in order to avoid spreading other diseases like the flu.

More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of bodies coronavirus victims remain in refrigerated trucks in New York, many on the Brooklyn waterfront.

The World Health Organization classified the COVID-19 variant first identified in India as a variant of concern. The label indicates that the variant may show evidence of increased transmissibility or evidence of increased severity.

24 of India’s 36 states and union territories are under coronavirus lockdowns.

A number of poorer countries have yet to receive COVID-19 vaccines. The World Health Organization says nearly a dozen countries, many in Africa, are still waiting to get vaccines.

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