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Added on the 09/12/2021 16:26:08 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Staff at a vaccine centre in a Bangalore hospital create a colourful floor display to mark India administering its one billionth Covid-19 vaccine dose on Thursday. About three-quarters of adults in the country of 1.3 billion people have had one shot and 30 percent are fully vaccinated, according to government figures. IMAGES
"Travailler sur base de la confiance plutôt que via un label 'covid safe'" selon Alexander De Croo
The benefits of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine outweigh the risks, World Health Organization (WHO) experts have concluded. The statement followed the European Medicines Agency (EMA) giving their green light to the vaccine on Thursday. IMAGES
Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Emer Cook says the AstraZeneca vaccine is "safe and effective" and not associated with a higher blood clot risk, after more than a dozen countries paused rollouts over health fears. IMAGES
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame becomes the first leader in East Africa to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, which has been rolled out in the region in recent days, after the country received some 100,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech drug and 240,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford medicine. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.