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#BREAKING US expects to begin Covid vaccinations in early December: official

#UPDATE The United States hopes to begin a sweeping program of Covid vaccinations in early December, the head of the government coronavirus vaccine effort said Sunday

The beginning of vaccinations could be a crucial turning point in the battle against the virus that has claimed more than 255,000 lives in the US, the world's highest reported toll, since emerging from China late last year
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Vaccines so far developed to fight Covid-19 show to be between 90 and 95 percent effective in their first clinical trials. That means they could be more effective than many seasonal flu vaccines, but less effective than vaccines against other viral illnesses such as polio