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Coronavirus live news: more than 2m people worldwide have died after contracting Covid

Grim milestone comes as Joe Biden’s incoming chief of staff says 500,000 could die in US next month; EU states raise concerns about Pfizer slowdown

  • German vaccine officials forced to guess who is eligible from names
  • US suffers bleak January as Covid rages and vaccinations falter
  • Brazil rushes to save premature babies as Covid swamps hospitals
  • China rushes to vaccinate 50 million as holiday looms
  • What are vaccine passports and do they pose a danger to privacy?

Earlier, the Greek prime minister announced tougher lockdown violation fines (see 11.58am) but in what appears to be a screeching u-turn has now frozen the measure after criticism from the opposition.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis had said in a speech that the fines would be increased to €500 from €300 but after opposition leader Alexis Tsipras noted that many Greeks only earn a reduced salary of €534 during the pandemic, the PM said the fine would remain at the current rate for up to 10 days “as a gesture of goodwill”.

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