America: 77,124 people died in December due to Covid

A number of 77,124 people died in December due to coronavirus in the United States of America.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) has granted emergency use validation for the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, opening the door for countries to expedite their own regulatory approval processes to import and administer the vaccine.

Several countries including the US and the UK have already approved the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.