Covid-19: One million get vaccine as US eyes return to normal next summer AFP/Washington, United States Filed on December 24, 2020 A worker of the New York City Fire Department Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (FDNY EMS) receives a COVID-19 Moderna vaccine, in New York, U.S., December 23, 2020. (Reuters) The news comes as the winter surge in cases rages across the country. More than a million Americans have received the first dose of their Covid-19 vaccines, a senior official said Wednesday, as the US eyes a return to normal by next summer. The news comes as the winter surge in cases rages across the country, where the virus has claimed more than 320,000 lives and is on course to be the third leading cause of death in the year.