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Europe's medicines regulator says that blood clots should be listed as a very rare side effect of Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine, but that the benefits of the shot still outweigh the risks. SOUNDBITE
Andrea Ammon, Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, says in an online interview with AFP that potential vaccines developed against Covid-19 could "optimisitically" be brought into use in the EU in the first quarter of 2021, emphasising that she could not be certain. SOUNDBITE
At the Lille Regional Health Agency, French Prime Minister Jean Castex listens to an update on the resurgence of the Covid-19 epidemic in the Lille metropolis, where the wearing of masks is now compulsory in certain open public places. IMAGES
Ridding the world of the novel coronavirus, which has killed more than 190,000 people worldwide, will require the biggest public health effort ever seen, Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres says. SOUNDBITE
Joggers leave the Saint-Martin canal in Paris as all individual sporting activities are banned from 10 a.m to 7 p.m to keep people from bending anti-coronavirus lockdown measures. President Emmanuel Macron is expected to warn France its lockdown to combat the coronavirus must go on for several more weeks at least, while also outlining how the country will recover from the crisis. IMAGES
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