Coronavirus live news: US nears 300,000 deaths; Trump 'to be offered vaccine' on Monday

ESwatini Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini dies of Covid-19; Trump, Pence and other officials to be offered vaccine starting Monday; US has suffered 298,923 deaths since start of pandemic

Trucks hauling trailers loaded with suitcase–sized containers of Covid-19 vaccine rolled out of Pfizer’s manufacturing facility in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Sunday – launching the largest and most complex vaccine distribution project in the US.

The long-wished for development comes against a backdrop of a raging pandemic that has killed almost 300,000 Americans amid a botched government response by the Trump administration that has made the US the worst-hit country in the world.

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New Zealand is keeping foreign citizens in prison for up to 10 months beyond their release dates because of a lack of flights to deport them, due to the pandemic.

As at 8 December, there were 15 people held in prison under court-imposed warrants of commitment until they can be deported.

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