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A woman attends her appointment for a second dose of a coronavirus vaccine at Bahrain International Exhibition & Convention Centre (BIECC), in Manama, Bahrain. Reuters
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Nurses check equipment in an intensive care field hospital in Riffa, Bahrain on April 14, 2020. The island nation has seen a spike in cases and an average of 70 people die of Covid-19 each week. Reuters
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A Saudi driver shows his vaccination certificate on a smart phone at Bahrain's immigration checkpoint on the King Fahad Causeway on May 17. Hamad Mohammed/ Reuters
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A Saudi motorbike rider shows his vaccination certificate as crosses the King Fahad Causeway. The country has seen a spike in cases since the Eid Al Fitr holidays. Hamad Mohammed / Reuters
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Bahrain opened leisure spaces after Eid Al Fitr to vaccinated people and people who had the virus and recovered. Getty
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People ride their bikes at the sunset in Manama, Bahrain. Hamad Mohammed / Reuters
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A US Navy servicewoman receives the vaccine at the Fifth Fleet's naval base in Manama, Bahrain. Brandon Woods / US Navy
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Crown Prince of Bahrain Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa receives a Sinopharm vaccine dose in July, 2020. AFP/BNA
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A woman attends her appointment for a second dose of a coronavirus vaccine at Bahrain International Exhibition & Convention Centre (BIECC), in Manama, Bahrain. Reuters
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Nurses check equipment in an intensive care field hospital in Riffa, Bahrain on April 14, 2020. The island nation has seen a spike in cases and an average of 70 people die of Covid-19 each week. Reuters
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A Saudi driver shows his vaccination certificate on a smart phone at Bahrain's immigration checkpoint on the King Fahad Causeway on May 17. Hamad Mohammed/ Reuters
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A Saudi motorbike rider shows his vaccination certificate as crosses the King Fahad Causeway. The country has seen a spike in cases since the Eid Al Fitr holidays. Hamad Mohammed / Reuters
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Bahrain opened leisure spaces after Eid Al Fitr to vaccinated people and people who had the virus and recovered. Getty
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People ride their bikes at the sunset in Manama, Bahrain. Hamad Mohammed / Reuters
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A US Navy servicewoman receives the vaccine at the Fifth Fleet's naval base in Manama, Bahrain. Brandon Woods / US Navy
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Crown Prince of Bahrain Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa receives a Sinopharm vaccine dose in July, 2020. AFP/BNA
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A woman attends her appointment for a second dose of a coronavirus vaccine at Bahrain International Exhibition & Convention Centre (BIECC), in Manama, Bahrain. Reuters
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