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The world has passed the "tragic milestone" of four million recorded Covid-19 deaths, says the World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, adding that the true toll is likely higher. IMAGES of a WHO press conference
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has set a target of vaccinating 15 million of the most vulnerable by mid-February, announces that more than 10 million people have received a first dose of a vaccine against Covid-19 in Britain, calling the figure a "milestone". SOUNDBITE
Images show people and ambulances at the entrance to Rio de Janeiro's Miguel Couto hospital, in coronavirus-stricken Brazil, as the total confirmed deaths from Covid-19 around the world pass two million. IMAGES
The United States passed nine million reported coronavirus cases on Friday, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University, as infections spike days before the nation chooses its next president. IMAGES
Residents of Washington, DC, line up early in the morning at a Covid-19 drive-through test site. More than one million deaths from the novel coronavirus have been recorded worldwide since it emerged in China in December 2019, according to an AFP tally based on official sources at 2230 GMT Sunday. IMAGES