TORONTO: Canada’s biggest city entered lockdown on Monday in the latest bid to curb coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections, with case numbers surging across North America even as US officials said vaccinations could be available within weeks.

Encouraging results from several vaccine trials have raised hopes of a decisive shift in the battle against a disease that has claimed around 1.4 million lives worldwide in the last year.

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