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EU’s vaccine rollout has been ‘unacceptably slow’, WHO says

The EU’s Covid vaccination campaigns have been ‘unacceptably slow’ and risk prolonging the pandemic, the World Health Organisation has said. Only 5.6% of the bloc’s population have had their first vaccine shot, compared to 46% in the UK. The WHO’s regional director for Europe, Dr. Hans Kluge, said: ‘As long as coverage remains low, we…

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Is AstraZeneca vaccine safe for people who’ve had blood clots? Your COVID-19 questions answered

AstraZeneca has been in the headlines recently over concerns that some people were developing blood clots after receiving the vaccine. Here are some answers to questions you may have.A medical worker prepares a syringe from a vial of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at the vaccination centre in Ebersberg near Munich on Monday. Some countries recently…

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