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    Photos: Covid-19 cases hit 16 million as US begins vaccine roll-out

    The United States registered 16 million Covid-19 cases on December 12, with deaths closing in on the 300,000 mark, even as the new vaccine is expected to start rolling out across the nation on December 14. The first vaccine was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration on December 10. The coronavirus disease has killed more than 295,000 people in the United States, more than in any other nation in the world as the recent surge of infections has again overwhelmed the country’s healthcare systems.

    Updated on: Dec 14, 2020 11:38 AM IST
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    People seen wearing face masks at Times Square in New York on December 10. The United States hit a record 16 million cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on December 12th afternoon, even as millions of doses of a new vaccine were expected to start rolling out across the nation on December 13, Reuters reported. (Kena Betancur / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
    Updated on Dec 14, 2020 11:38 AM

    People seen wearing face masks at Times Square in New York on December 10. The United States hit a record 16 million cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on December 12th afternoon, even as millions of doses of a new vaccine were expected to start rolling out across the nation on December 13, Reuters reported. (Kena Betancur / AFP)

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    A lab technician puts on protective gloves before opening the vaccine freezer during a dry run at Mount Sinai hospital ahead of an expected Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine shipment, in New York on December 9. The first vaccine was approved late on December 11 by the US Food and Drug Administration and is expected to touch off a mass-inoculation campaign of unparalleled dimension to end the pandemic. (Andrew Lichtenstein / Mount Sinai Health System / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A lab technician puts on protective gloves before opening the vaccine freezer during a dry run at Mount Sinai hospital ahead of an expected Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine shipment, in New York on December 9. The first vaccine was approved late on December 11 by the US Food and Drug Administration and is expected to touch off a mass-inoculation campaign of unparalleled dimension to end the pandemic. (Andrew Lichtenstein / Mount Sinai Health System / AFP)

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    A view of the US Capitol building in Washington on December 9. US Army General Gustave Perna said on December 12 that the first shipments will begin on December 13 and will be delivered to 145 locations around the country on December 14. (Samuel Corum / Getty Images / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    A view of the US Capitol building in Washington on December 9. US Army General Gustave Perna said on December 12 that the first shipments will begin on December 13 and will be delivered to 145 locations around the country on December 14. (Samuel Corum / Getty Images / AFP)

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    Healthcare workers wearing face masks carry signs in support of resident physicians, interns and fellows at UCLA Health as they protest for improved Covid-19 testing and workplace safety policies, outside UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles on December 9. The first batch of vaccine shots is expected to be aimed largely at health care workers and residents and staff of long-term care facilities, Reuters reported. (Patrick T Fallon / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Healthcare workers wearing face masks carry signs in support of resident physicians, interns and fellows at UCLA Health as they protest for improved Covid-19 testing and workplace safety policies, outside UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles on December 9. The first batch of vaccine shots is expected to be aimed largely at health care workers and residents and staff of long-term care facilities, Reuters reported. (Patrick T Fallon / AFP)

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    (A commuter walks past the Pfizer Inc. headquarters in New York on December 10. The approval of the Pfizer drug by the US Food and Drug Administration marks a turning point in the United States, where the pandemic has killed more than 295,000 people - more than in any other nation in the world - as the recent surge of infections has again overwhelmed healthcare systems. (Angela Weiss / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    (A commuter walks past the Pfizer Inc. headquarters in New York on December 10. The approval of the Pfizer drug by the US Food and Drug Administration marks a turning point in the United States, where the pandemic has killed more than 295,000 people - more than in any other nation in the world - as the recent surge of infections has again overwhelmed healthcare systems. (Angela Weiss / AFP)

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    Health workers Gabriel Cervera Rodriguez (L) and Elizabeth Gamboa (R) exit the Covid-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas on December 10. US coronavirus hospitalisations were 107,684 by the end of December 11, the highest until now. (Go Nakamura / Getty Images / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Health workers Gabriel Cervera Rodriguez (L) and Elizabeth Gamboa (R) exit the Covid-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas on December 10. US coronavirus hospitalisations were 107,684 by the end of December 11, the highest until now. (Go Nakamura / Getty Images / AFP)

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    Covid-19 test specialists Sabrina Diaz works in a booth as Elijah Sanchez disinfects a plexiglass shield at a testing centre in Los Angeles on December 9. US reported its highest daily cases, more than 232,700, on December 11, according to a Reuters tally. In the latest seven-day average, the United States is reporting 2,411 deaths per day, the highest since the pandemic started. (Jae C Hong / AP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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    Covid-19 test specialists Sabrina Diaz works in a booth as Elijah Sanchez disinfects a plexiglass shield at a testing centre in Los Angeles on December 9. US reported its highest daily cases, more than 232,700, on December 11, according to a Reuters tally. In the latest seven-day average, the United States is reporting 2,411 deaths per day, the highest since the pandemic started. (Jae C Hong / AP)

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    Commuters seen at the Times Square subway station in New York on December 10. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who along with several other governors vowed to review the vaccine before allowing it in their states, announced late on December 11 that state officials have given the drug the green light and also warned that it might be June or later before life begins to return to normal as more of the US population receives the drug. (Victor J Blue / Bloomberg) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
    Updated on Dec 14, 2020 11:38 AM

    Commuters seen at the Times Square subway station in New York on December 10. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who along with several other governors vowed to review the vaccine before allowing it in their states, announced late on December 11 that state officials have given the drug the green light and also warned that it might be June or later before life begins to return to normal as more of the US population receives the drug. (Victor J Blue / Bloomberg)

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