US finally turning the corner on the Covid crisis | First Thing

The White House has declared the light at the end of the tunnel is brighter' in the country's battle against Covid. Plus, how a woman who had multiple miscarriages found comfort in baking

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More than a year after coronavirus hit the US, killing more than half a million Americans to date, the White House declared yesterday that the country was finally turning the corner" on the pandemic. But with infections, hospital admissions and deaths dramatically lower, the Biden administration faces growing pressure to help countries that are still in the grip of Covid-19.