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US to cross 500,000 Covid-19 deaths
By EUobserver
US president Joe Biden will mark the country crossing 500,000 lives lost from Covid-19 with a moment of silence and candle lighting ceremony at the White House, AP reports. The nation is expected to pass the grim milestone on Monday, just over a year after the first confirmed US fatality due to the novel coronavirus. Biden has made a point of recognising the lives lost in the pandemic.