Joe Biden: Listen to the scientists, not Trump, about coronavirus vaccine – video

Joe Biden has accused Donald Trump of 'close to criminal' behaviour by intentionally misleading the public over the scale of the threat posed by coronavirus. 'He knew it, and did nothing,' the former vice-president said at a CNN town hall event in Pennsylvania.

Biden said he did not trust Trump’s statements on the development of a vaccine, accusing the president of politicizing the issue for the sake of his re-election.

'I don’t trust the president on vaccines. I trust Dr Fauci,' Biden said. 'We should listen to the scientists, not to the president.'

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‘Devastating impact’: south Auckland’s Pasifika bear brunt of new Covid-19 outbreak

Pacific communities have been hit by New Zealand’s coronavirus resurgence – and the stigma of being at its centre

Most weekdays south Auckland’s Ōtara shopping centre is alive with the blur of brightly coloured lavalava and the cacophony of clashing music thumping out from car loudspeakers.

But this week, in the midst of New Zealand’s second lockdown, the atmosphere is subdued and strained.

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