Coronavirus: New York’s mayor is on the brink of shutting down all classrooms across the school system, by far the nation’s largest, as the city confronts a second wave.
■ Britain became the first European country to surpass 50,000 virus deaths. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the milestone showed the country was “not out of the woods.”
■ Hungary is getting ready to bring an unproven Russian vaccine to its citizens. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, who is in quarantine after testing positive for the virus, said Wednesday that the Hungarian authorities were preparing a temporary six-month import permit for Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for tests and trials.
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