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Live coverage on this blog has ended, please click here for NBC News' latest coverage of Covid-19.The first federally approved coronavirus vaccine was set to arrive at man on fire netflix 145 locations across all 50 states Monday, a landmark moment as the nation struggles to contain a virus that's killed 300,000 Americans.The vaccine, developed by German company BioNTech and its United States partner Pfizer, was given emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration on Friday night.Trucks departed Pfizer's plant in Portage, Michigan, on Sunday and the company expects to deliver 2.9 million doses to 636 locations by the end of this week.Still, the vaccine will not be given to the vast majority of Americans until well into next year. And it will take some time to make even a dent in a pandemic that is killing thousands of people across the U.S. every day more than ever before.Map of U.S. hot spots and worldwide Covid-19 cases.Tracking surges in states across the country this winter.Map of travel restrictions and which states have a mask mandate.Click here for more of NBC News' Covid-19 coverage.SEE NEW POSTSRachel Elbaum bryson dechambeau 16m ago / 11:56 AM UTCU.K. government's Christmas Covid plan 'will cost many lives,' medical journals warnTwo of the U.K.s leading medical journals delivered a stark warning to the government on Tuesday: Do not relax coronavirus restrictions for Christmas.In a joint editorial, only the second the British Medical Journal and the Health Service Journal have written together in more than 100 years, the editors warned that the government is about to blunder into another major error that will cost many lives.The British government has said that it would relax restrictions between Dec. 23 and 27, and allow up to three families to form a bubble so they can spend the holiday together. However, cases are rising and on Monday the government announced London would face the harshest level of restrictions, with restaurants and pubs banned from serving food and gym classes prohibited.Criticizing the governments delay in implementing the first lockdown in the spring, the editors called on the government to reverse its rash decision for the holiday relaxation and impose new restrictions over the holiday period to bring numbers down ahead of a likely third wave.Share this -Rachel Elbaum 45m ago / 11:27 AM UTCSanta's 'immune' to Covid-19 and will still be coming to town, WHO saysThere may be a pandemic, but Santa Claus is still coming to town, according to the World Health Organization.I understand the concern for Santa because he is of older age, said Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO's technical lead on COVID-19, at a press conference on Monday.I can tell you that Santa Claus is immune to this virus.Despite the travel restrictions in place around the globe, world leaders have relaxed measures just for him, she said, adding that both he and his wife, nico sturm Mrs. Claus, are doing well during their busy season.In her message to kids, she did get in a