Wilmington/Denver — The first known US case of the coronavirus variant discovered in Britain was detected in Colorado on Tuesday as president-elect Joe Biden warned it could take years for most Americans to be vaccinated against Covid-19 at current distribution rates.
Biden’s prediction of a grim winter appeared aimed at lowering public expectations that the pandemic would be over soon after he takes office on January 20, while putting Congress on notice that he wants to increase spending to expedite vaccine distribution, expand Covid testing and help reopen shuttered schools...
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