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EU health agency chief says coronavirus likely to 'remain with us'

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The world should be prepared for the coronavirus to continue to circulate long-term despite the roll-out of vaccines, the head of the EU's health agency ECDC Andrea Ammon tells AFP in an interview conducted via video call. "It seems more likely that it would stay. It seems very well adapted to humans. So we should be prepared that it will remain with us," she said in an interview. SOUNDBITE

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