The novel coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 96.5 million people around the world with at least two million fatalities. Here are updates for January 20 
The EU says member states should vaccinate at least 70 percent of their adult populations by summer to control the Covid-19 pandemic
Mexico reports 18,894 new cases of Covid-19 and 1,584 more deaths, taking country's totals to 1,668,396 infections and 142,832 fatalities
UK coronavirus strain detected in at least 60 countries – WHO
Thailand reports 59 Covid-29 cases and one new death, taking its total infections to 12,653 and fatalities to 71
Germany reports 15,974 new coronavirus cases and 1,148 new deaths, taking the total infections to 2,068,002 and death toll to 48,770
The incoming US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says lawmakers must "act big" when it comes to funding a coronavirus relief package
Partial lockdown imposed in Beijing over handful of virus cases
Russia reports 21,152 new Covid-19 cases and 597 new deaths, pushing national tallies to 3,633,952 and 67,220 respectively
Russia says foreign manufacturing partners capable of producing around 350M doses of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine per year
Zimbabwe's Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo has died after contracting Covid-19, presidential spokesperson George Charamba says
Chinese vaccine makers Sinovac, Sinopharm and CanSinoBio apply to join WHO's COVAX scheme
Beijing records first UK variant virus cases, say city health officials
Turkey’s Covid-19 vaccinations exceed 1 mln on seventh day of nationwide rollout – Health Ministry data
Wealthy countries continue pushing their inoculation drives, ignoring calls for an equitable global distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine
Turkey reports 6,435 new coronavirus cases and 159 deaths
UK sees 38,905 new coronavirus infections as death toll rises by a record 1,820 with over 4M already vaccinated
Brazil registers 64,385 new cases of coronavirus and 1,340 more deaths from the disease
Oxford scientists preparing new vaccine versions to combat emerging strains – Reuters
Chile greenlights Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use
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