Biden marks ‘heartbreaking’ US coronavirus death toll
By AFP
24 February 2021 |
7:00 am
US President Joe Biden calls the 500,000 US coronavirus death toll "a truly grim, heartbreaking milestone" during remarks ahead of a candlelight ceremony to honor the lives lost to the pandemic.
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