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U.S. Covid-19 Deaths Top Lives Lost in Vietnam War: Virus Update

NIH Director Fauci says he’s hopeful a vaccine for Covid-19 will be developed by the winter.(Source: Bloomberg)
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Tuesday saw two new milestones in the U.S.: coronavirus cases passed the 1 million mark and deaths topped the 58,220 lives lost in the Vietnam War, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

France plans to begin reopening shops on May 11, while Spain is preparing for a “new normal” as Europe’s hardest-hit nation removes restrictions over the next eight weeks. New infections in Germany fell below 1,000 for the first time in more than five weeks. China’s top scientists said the virus won’t be eradicated, joining a growing consensus that the pathogen will probably return in waves.