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It s been a long winter for the US, with hospitals seeing more coronavirus patients than at any point in the pandemic and the average number of daily deaths topping 3,000 for the first time.
But as spring approaches, the number of infections is now falling and the vaccination programme looks to have overcome some of its initial problems.
So is the US on track to get back to some form of normality in 2021 or do new variants of the virus mean further setbacks are ahead?
We ve taken a look at the data and spoken to an epidemiologist to assess the situation.
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Dec 23, 2020 11:01 AM
PARIS (Reuters) - Sam Cabral, a French expatriate living in Britain, expressed relief on Wednesday as she stepped off a Eurostar train from London, becoming one of the first people to make the trip after a travel ban imposed over COVID-19 worries was eased. Iâm very happy to be home and actually Iâm going to .. go and see my mum and dad, put on a mask and give them a hug,â she said on arrival at the Gare du Nord station in Paris.
Cabral recalled her reaction when she realised the ban, imposed by the French authorities late on Sunday, could torpedo her Christmas travel plans and leave her stranded in Britain, where she has no family.
I was scared : home-coming French expats relieved to escape Britain Reuters 12/23/2020
PARIS, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Sam Cabral, a French expatriate living in Britain, expressed relief on Wednesday as she stepped off a Eurostar train from London, becoming one of the first people to make the trip after a travel ban imposed over COVID-19 worries was eased. I’m very happy to be home and actually I’m going to .. go and see my mum and dad, put on a mask and give them a hug,” she said on arrival at the Gare du Nord station in Paris.
Cabral recalled her reaction when she realised the ban, imposed by the French authorities late on Sunday, could torpedo her Christmas travel plans and leave her stranded in Britain, where she has no family.
PARIS (REUTERS) - Sam Cabral, a French expatriate living in Britain, expressed relief on Wednesday (Dec 23) as she stepped off a Eurostar train from London, becoming one of the first people to make the trip after a travel ban imposed over Covid-19 worries was eased. I m very happy to be home and actually I m going to .. go and see my mum and dad, put on a mask and give them a hug, she said on arrival at the Gare du Nord station in Paris.
Cabral recalled her reaction when she realised the ban, imposed by the French authorities late on Sunday, could torpedo her Christmas travel plans and leave her stranded in Britain, where she has no family.
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