{"id":26299,"date":"2021-01-04T11:24:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T02:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/jan\/04\/coronavirus-live-news-us-deaths-pass-350000-as-india-authorises-two-vaccines"},"modified":"2021-01-04T11:24:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T02:24:10","slug":"coronavirus-live-news-us-deaths-pass-350000-as-india-authorises-two-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=26299","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus live news: US deaths pass 350,000 as India authorises two vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UK Labour leader calls for lockdown as daily cases near 60,000; India approves Oxford\/AstraZeneca and Bharat Biotech vaccines<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2021\/jan\/03\/coronavirus-restrictions-probably-about-to-get-tougher-says-boris-johnson\">Coronavirus restrictions \u2018probably about to get tougher\u2019, says Boris Johnson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2021\/jan\/03\/parents-face-week-of-uncertainty-over-school-reopenings-in-england\">Parents face week of uncertainty over school reopenings in England<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/03\/pope-francis-condemns-travelling-abroad-to-escape-coronavirus-lockdowns\">Pope condemns travelling abroad to escape coronavirus lockdowns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/video\/2021\/jan\/03\/the-numbers-are-real-fauci-hits-back-at-trump-on-us-covid-deaths-video\">\u2018The numbers are real\u2019: Fauci hits back at Trump on US Covid deaths<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">See all our coronavirus coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2021-01-04T02:24:10.029Z\">2.24am <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/newzealand\">New Zealand<\/a> has further tightened border controls amid mounting anxiety about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/01\/now-coronavirus-variant-us-since-october\">new strain of coronavirus<\/a> driving up infections overseas.<\/p>\n<p>Six cases of the new variant of the virus \u2013 five in arrivals from the UK and one from South Africa \u2013 were recorded in managed isolation facilities in the two weeks leading up to Christmas.<\/p>\n<p> <span>Related: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/04\/new-zealand-tightens-border-again-amid-fears-over-new-covid-strain\">New Zealand tightens border again amid fears over new Covid strain<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"block-time published-time\"> <time datetime=\"2021-01-04T02:17:57.970Z\">2.17am <span class=\"timezone\">GMT<\/span><\/time> <\/p>\n<p>Hello blog readers \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/helenrsullivan\">Helen Sullivan<\/a> with you again for what will hopefully not be another almost year of coronavirus blogging. <\/p>\n<p>It is good to be back, though would of course be better if the news weren\u2019t so dire. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/jan\/04\/coronavirus-live-news-us-deaths-pass-350000-as-india-authorises-two-vaccines\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK Labour leader calls for lockdown as daily cases near 60,000; 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