December 17 coronavirus news

 

• As Covid-19 vaccinations continue to roll out across the US, new daily cases, deaths and hospitalizations all hit new records.
• The US FDA says it plans to grant emergency use authorization for Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine.
• French President Emmanuel Macron's Covid-19 diagnosis sent ripples through the European political sphere, with multiple leaders forced to quarantine.
• A new mystery cluster of Covid-19 cases in Australia's New South Wales continues to grow health officials think the source could be from overseas.