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US Approaches 4.9 Million Coronavirus Cases

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   Thenumberof COVID-19cases around the world continues its steady climb
   with more than 19.1 millioninfections, according to Johns Hopkins
   University. The U.S. continues to have more cases than any place
   elsewith nearly 4.9 million, followed by Brazil with 2.9 million and
   India with two million.
   According to Johns Hopkins University, there were more than 2,000
   COVID-19 deaths in the United States over the past 24 hours as of
   Thursday night -- the highest one-day number since early May.

   Vaccine prospects
   The top U.S. infectious disease expert says the world will never be
   able to eradicate the coronavirus, butheis hopeful hundreds of millions
   of doses of vaccine could be available by the end of this year.

   "There will be, I think, enough vaccine if everything turns out to be
   successful," Dr. Anthony Fauci told VOA contributor Greta Van Susteren.
   "To get vaccine not only to the countries that are the classical rich
   countries but those who are low and middle income that would not be
   able to readily have access to a vaccine. That's what we're hoping to
   do."'¯

   But Fauci has said in the past that there's no guarantee a vaccine will
   give long-term protection against COVID-19 since it is a new
   coronavirus and scientists are still learning about it.

   In a separate interview with Reuters, Fauci said the reason the virus
   will never go away is because of its "highly transmissible" nature. But
   he said with "the combination of a good vaccine andattention to public
   health measures ... then I think we can get behind this."

   Student suspended for posting mask-less gathering online
   At least one student was suspended at a high school in thesouthern U.S.
   state of Georgia for posting a photograph online of a crowded
   hallway,showingmost ofthestudents not wearing masks.

   Dr. Harry Heiman, a clinical associate professorat Georgia
   StateUniversity'sSchool of Public Health told the Atlanta Journal
   Constitution newspaperafter seeing thephotographthat "It's not a
   question of if that's going to cause spread of the pandemic. It's only
   a question of how quickly and to how many people."

   Superintendent Brian Otott said the school staff had worked hard to
   create a safe return for the students. He said most of
   theschool'shallways were one way, but the one in the photograph had
   students moving in both directions tocutdown onstudent travel time
   between classes.

   Studentsand staffare not required to wear masks at the school, a proven
   way to curb the spreading of the virus.

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