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Coronavirus updates: Third state identifies more-transmissible variant as U.S. cases surpass 20 million



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Here are some significant developments:The virus, spreading largely unchecked in much of the country, forced most people to have quieter New Year’s Eve celebrations. No one was likely to kiss a stranger at the annual ball drop in Manhattan’s Times Square, attended by only a few hundred front-line workers.Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, said the United States would not follow Britain’s lead in prioritizing first doses of the vaccine, potentially delaying administration of the second dose.British officials are shutting London’s primary schools and reactivating field hospitals to handle a …

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