Virus International: A year after coronavirus became a global pandemic

A year after the WHO declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic, more than two and a half million lives have been lost. Now countries around the world are working to secure COVID-19 vaccines.

Empty vials that contained a dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against the COVID-19 coronavirus. Source: Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP via Getty Images.

It's believed the European Union is close to approving the Johnson and Johnson vaccine against COVID-19. Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is talking up his country's vaccination efforts. What is the Corona virus news in other parts of the world? 

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