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. . GENEVA - The head of the World Health Organization says its program to support COVID-19 vaccines for all countries in need, poor or rich, has gained access to nearly 2 billion doses of. . .
. . The U. S.. . has a record of 3, according to Johns Hopkins University. 309 daily coronavirus deaths reached.
. . EL PASO, Texas - The Texas National Guard has sent a 36-person team to El Paso to help morgues in the border region reduce deaths from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
Nationwide, the Texas Health Department reported a daily high of 12 on Saturday. 597 new virus cases, nearly 20. 500 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic and more than 8. 200 virus hospitals.
"The Texas military will provide us with the critical personnel to carry out our death management plan, and we are grateful to them for their continued support," said El Paso Mayor Dee Margo late Friday when the deployment was announced.
The pandemic has been blamed for 853 deaths in El Paso County, including more than 300 since October. Prison inmates are paid to move corpses, and district leaders offer morgue workers $ 27 an hour.
District Judge Ricardo Samaniego, in a letter to Gov. . Greg Abbott asks for assistance for a 10 p. m. -5 a. m. Curfew in the county said funerals will be overwhelmed. He wrote that the local doctor's office reported that 234 bodies were held in the morgue and nine mobile morgues.
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HERE YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT THE VIRUS OUTBREAK:
- The US reaches a total of 12 million coronavirus cases
- Italy hits almost 35 every day. 000 new virus cases
- Calif Gov. . Newsom's child in 14-day quarantine
- Donald Trump Jr. . Coronavirus diagnosed this week is 'very good'.
- U. . S.. . Housing Secretary Ben Carson says he is "out of the woods" after battling COVID-19.
- Los Angeles County companies trying to recover from the coronavirus pandemic are facing new restrictions and the prospect of closure on the horizon.
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. . BALTIMORE - More than 12 million people in the US. S has been infected with the coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic.