23K views · 172 reactions | A surge of COVID-19 cases in southern England may be associated with a new variant of coronavirus, said U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock. Hancock stressed there was nothing to suggest it was more likely to cause serious disease, or that it wouldn’t respond to a vaccine. | CBC News | Facebook

36K views · 237 reactions | BREAKING: The latest weekly report from the Office for National Statistics found one in 60 people in England had COVID in the week ending 1 December - the same as the previous week. More: https://trib.al/Ou1uT3T | Sky News | Facebook

"Anybody that thinks this is hoax, they should come spend the day with me here." United Memorial Medical Center in Houston has been on the frontline battling the COVID-19 pandemic, as Texas and other states are showing surges in cases since reopening. https://abcn.ws/2AL1EBZ | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

117K views · 992 reactions | When can we declare pandemic over? Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, discusses vaccination rates and the drop in COVID-19 cases. https://abcn.ws/3oCTn7R | Good Morning America | Facebook