US braces for post-holiday Covid surge as death toll nears 350,000
by Miranda Bryant in New York from World news | The Guardian on (#5CAR3)
- New Year's Day saw 160,606 new cases and 2,051 deaths
- Doctors warn they are at breaking point'
- Hundreds of thousands more deaths possible in vaccine chaos
The US is braced for a post-holiday coronavirus surge as its death toll nears 350,000, with thousands more predicted to die in the coming month and doctors warning they are at breaking point" and fighting world war three".
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