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Coronavirus updates: California extends stay-at-home orders; $600 stimulus payments start going out; US seeks vaccine ‘momentum’

Stimulus payments may hit some bank accounts Tuesday night. Colorado has confirmed the first known U.S. case of a new COVID-19 strain. Virus updates.

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Coronavirus updates: December is deadliest month for COVID-19; Sunday air travel sets pandemic record; Italy cracks down on anti-vaxxers

Novavax announced final testing of its vaccine candidate will begin. More than a dozen anti-vaxxer doctors disciplined in Rome. Latest COVID news.

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Coronavirus updates: ‘No hard evidence’ UK virus strain is more transmissible, Operation Warp Speed chief says; Biden is vaccinated

Around 5.9 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are being rolled out to 3,500 locations around the country this week. Latest COVID news.

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Coronavirus updates: Pence to get vaccine Friday, Biden possibly next week; second home test gets OK; fewer births because of pandemic

Operation Warp Speed says 2 million vaccine doses will be delivered next week. Meanwhile, a pandemic baby boom didn’t quite happen. Latest news

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Coronavirus live updates: ‘Breakthrough’ home test gets OK from FDA; 1 in 6 who share home with COVID patient will get sick

Latest on COVID vaccine distribution: CDC says nursing homes will get shots next week. New study says 1 in 6 people who share a home with a patient will get sick.