While the tally of the global coronavirus cases has reached another solemn record to date of 58 million, the U.S., UK and Germany each announced plans to begin vaccinations in their countries in December.

The U.S. has already seen more than 3 million new coronavirus cases in November as of Sunday, according to Johns Hopkins University, which accounts for about a quarter of all U.S. cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

With hospitals overwhelmed, medical personnel exhausted, and most pharmacies for COVID testing fully-booked, the government is working to begin COVID-19 vaccinations in early December as another attempt to contain the spread of the deadly virus, AFP reported quoting Moncef Slaoui, the head of the U.S. government's vaccine efforts.

Regulators in Britain said the nation could give regulatory approval to Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine this week, even before the United States authorizes it, The Telegraph reported Sunday.

Citing government sources, it said British regulators were about to start a formal appraisal of the vaccine, and that the National Health Service had been told to be ready to administer it by December 1.

A spokesman said the authorization process by the country's medical regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), is independent of the government, and they will take as long as they need to review the final data from Pfizer.

Germany, while bracing for the extension of lockdown until December 20, also said that they could start administering shots of COVID-19 vaccines as soon as next month.

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