Donald Trump reverses plan to give White House officials Covid vaccine
by Martin Pengelly and Lauren Aratani in New York and from US news | The Guardian on (#5BM5A)
Trump makes announcement hours after administration said senior officials would be offered vaccine as early as this week
The US recorded another 1,389 deaths from Covid-19 on Sunday, pushing the toll closer to 300,000 as hospitalisations continued to hit new heights. There was a ray of hope on Monday morning, however, as the first vaccinations were carried out using the Food and Drug Administration-approved Pfizer vaccine.
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