• More than 14m cases recorded with 2,607 deaths on Friday
• Healthy people unlikely to be vaccinated before April – Fauci
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/05/us-coronavirus-covid-infections-vaccines

A health care worker gives a coronavirus test at a COVID drive-thru testing center at Bergen Community College in Paramus, New Jersey, U.S., December 3, 2020. . The first vaccine shipments are expected as soon as mid-December.Photograph: Brendan McDermid/ReutersEdward Helmorein New York and agenciesSat 5 Dec 2020 10.43 EST

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As US states faced a deadline to place orders for a coronavirus vaccine, California wentback into lockdownand federal authoritiesadvisedthe wearing of masks indoors, new infectionsreached a record 227,885on Friday.‘Ridiculous double standard’: LA residents condemn maze of Covid restrictionsRead more

Many states are reporting record infections, hospitalisations and deaths, with healthcare systems pushed to breaking point. The number of Americans hospitalised with Covid-19 hit an all-time high on Thursday, at 100,667.