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People at a concert in Barcelona, Spain. Five thousand attended the rock concert after passing a same-day Covid-19 screening test. AP Photo
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People line up for a rapid antigen test in front of the historical town hall in Tuebingen, southern Germany. AFP
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Travelers wheel luggage as they arrive at Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Berlin, Germany. Bloomberg
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A customer shops in Norbert Kremsreiter's fashion store, which originally sold clothes and food, and now recently toilet paper. Reuters
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Riders of the French cycling team train as a woman receives the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at the National Velodrome in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, west of Paris, France. AP Photo
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People take a walk along the Quay of the Seine river in Paris, France. EPA
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A patient receives the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at the Palais des Sports venue in Lyon, France. AFP
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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with employees as he visits a French Social Security call centre dedicated to the coronavirus disease vaccination, in Creteil, France. Reuters
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Dutch police talk to a demonstrator with a sign reading "Media = Brainwash" prior to breaking up a demonstration against coronavirus related government policies in Amsterdam, Netherlands. AP Photo
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Not all visitors to the Cherry Blossom Park observe social distancing guidelines in Amstelveen, on the outskirts of Amsterdam, Netherlands. AP Photo
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Students take part in outdoor lessons to protest against distance learning in Milan, Italy. EPA
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Lex is one of the dogs of the canine units usually committed to anti-explosive safety, which will now test, with their sense of smell, for Covid-19 in Rome, Italy. EPA
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People at a concert in Barcelona, Spain. Five thousand attended the rock concert after passing a same-day Covid-19 screening test. AP Photo
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People line up for a rapid antigen test in front of the historical town hall in Tuebingen, southern Germany. AFP
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Travelers wheel luggage as they arrive at Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Berlin, Germany. Bloomberg
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A customer shops in Norbert Kremsreiter's fashion store, which originally sold clothes and food, and now recently toilet paper. Reuters
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Riders of the French cycling team train as a woman receives the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at the National Velodrome in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, west of Paris, France. AP Photo
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People take a walk along the Quay of the Seine river in Paris, France. EPA
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A patient receives the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at the Palais des Sports venue in Lyon, France. AFP
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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with employees as he visits a French Social Security call centre dedicated to the coronavirus disease vaccination, in Creteil, France. Reuters
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Dutch police talk to a demonstrator with a sign reading "Media = Brainwash" prior to breaking up a demonstration against coronavirus related government policies in Amsterdam, Netherlands. AP Photo
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Not all visitors to the Cherry Blossom Park observe social distancing guidelines in Amstelveen, on the outskirts of Amsterdam, Netherlands. AP Photo
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Students take part in outdoor lessons to protest against distance learning in Milan, Italy. EPA
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Lex is one of the dogs of the canine units usually committed to anti-explosive safety, which will now test, with their sense of smell, for Covid-19 in Rome, Italy. EPA
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People at a concert in Barcelona, Spain. Five thousand attended the rock concert after passing a same-day Covid-19 screening test. AP Photo
AstraZeneca renames Covid-19 vaccine Vaxzevria amid new safety concerns
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Brodie Owen
31 March, 2021
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