Coronavirus live news: countries scramble to secure vaccine doses as US cases top 100,000 for seven days running
UK reports highest deaths since May; Brazil cases pass 5.7m; three US states re-introduce Covid curbs
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A potential breakthrough in the race to develop a Covid-19 vaccine has left governments scrambling to secure access to the vaccine and meet the logistical challenge of distributing hundreds of millions of doses once it becomes available in coming months, Reuters reports.
The Covid-19 death toll in Europe was set to pass 300,000 and authorities feared that despite hopes for a new vaccine, fatalities and infections would continue to rise.
The European Commission will discuss the adoption of a contract for the supply of the vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
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