WASHINGTON, 22 Feb. - (ANA) - US president Joe Biden will mark the country crossing 500,000 lives lost from Covid-19 with a moment of silence and candle lighting ceremony at the White House, AP reports. 

 

The nation is expected to pass the grim milestone on Monday, just over a year after the first confirmed US fatality due to the novel coronavirus. 

 

Biden has made a point of recognising the lives lost in the pandemic.  - (ANA) -

 

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