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US Health Officials: 'Watch Super Bowl with the People You Live With'

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   Millions of fans are getting ready to watch the televised annual U.S.
   football game known as the Super Bowl. Health officials, afraid that
   the viewing could become a COVID-19 superspreader event, have urged
   people to watch the game only with "the people you live with."

   Traditionally, family and friends gather in homes, bars and restaurants
   to watch the game and cheer on their favorite football team. That
   behavior, however, would likely result in an uptick in coronavirus
   infections, health care officials warn.

   The U.S. already has more COVID-19 cases than any other country, with
   almost 30 million cases by early Sunday and more than 460,000 deaths,
   according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. Following
   the U.S. in the number of infections are India, with nearly 11 million
   cases, and Brazil, with 9.4 million.

   More than 59 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines have been
   distributed across the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and
   Prevention said Saturday. More than 39 million doses of the Moderna and
   Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines had been administered by Saturday morning,
   with more than 30.2 million people receiving the first inoculation
   according to the CDC. More than 8 million people received their second
   dose.

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