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A boy wearing a Christmas hat is vaccinated in a shopping centre near Hamburg, Germany. AP
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A young girl receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine developed for children between 5 and 11 years of age, at the Fejer County Szent Gyorgy Teaching Hospital in Szekesfehervar, Hungary. EPA
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Paediatrician medic Jakob Maske vaccinates an 11-year-old boy in his Berlin office. AFP
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A child receives a vaccine at a school in Castellon de la Plana, Spain. EPA
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A young girl receives a vaccine at the Szent Lazar County Hospital in Salgotarjan, Hungary. EPA
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A boy wearing a Christmas hat is vaccinated in a shopping centre near Hamburg, Germany. AP
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A young girl receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine developed for children between 5 and 11 years of age, at the Fejer County Szent Gyorgy Teaching Hospital in Szekesfehervar, Hungary. EPA
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Paediatrician medic Jakob Maske vaccinates an 11-year-old boy in his Berlin office. AFP
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A child receives a vaccine at a school in Castellon de la Plana, Spain. EPA
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A young girl receives a vaccine at the Szent Lazar County Hospital in Salgotarjan, Hungary. EPA
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A boy wearing a Christmas hat is vaccinated in a shopping centre near Hamburg, Germany. AP
Covid-19 vaccine for under 5s could be rolled out by June 21
The US Food and Drug Administration will meet next week to consider applications from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech
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