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With child-size needles, France starts giving Covid-19 jab to 12-year-olds

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France on Tuesday expanded its Covid-19 inoculation drive to children aged 12 and over in a bid to achieve herd immunity and slow the spread of variants, including the Delta strain behind a surge of cases in the United Kingdom.

Added on the 15/06/2021 19:16:03 - Copyright : France 24 EN

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