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A French border police officer checks passengers as they arrive at Nice Cote d'Azur Airport in Nice, France. Reuters
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Nurses from a mobile vaccination team are filmed as they prepare a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Seidewitz, near Naumburg, Germany. Getty Images
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An employee of a re-opened garden center wearing a face mask stands between flowers in Ludwigsburg, southern Germany. Garden centers had been closed since December 2020. AFP
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Polar bear Vitus is seen in his enclosure in a re-opened zoo, which was closed for several months during lockdown, in Neumuenster, Germany. Reuters
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Almost totally empty streets due to coronavirus restrictions are seen in Turin, Italy. EPA
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Nuns wait to receive the coronavirus disease vaccine in Bergamo, Italy. Reuters
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Several people practice yoga at a outdoor sport complex in Valencia, eastern Spain. Valencia's regional authorities have eased restrictions, allowing outdoor sports without physical contact and a maximum of four people. EPA
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Local police officers queue to be vaccinated in Valencia, Spain. EPA
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French President Emmanuel Macron talks with a patient as he visits a vaccination center at the Caisse Primaire d'Assurance Maladie in Bobigny, outside Paris, France. AP Photo
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People gather on th banks of the River Seine on a sunny afternoon in Paris, France. AFP
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A French border police officer checks passengers as they arrive at Nice Cote d'Azur Airport in Nice, France. Reuters
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Nurses from a mobile vaccination team are filmed as they prepare a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Seidewitz, near Naumburg, Germany. Getty Images
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An employee of a re-opened garden center wearing a face mask stands between flowers in Ludwigsburg, southern Germany. Garden centers had been closed since December 2020. AFP
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Polar bear Vitus is seen in his enclosure in a re-opened zoo, which was closed for several months during lockdown, in Neumuenster, Germany. Reuters
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Almost totally empty streets due to coronavirus restrictions are seen in Turin, Italy. EPA
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Nuns wait to receive the coronavirus disease vaccine in Bergamo, Italy. Reuters
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Several people practice yoga at a outdoor sport complex in Valencia, eastern Spain. Valencia's regional authorities have eased restrictions, allowing outdoor sports without physical contact and a maximum of four people. EPA
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Local police officers queue to be vaccinated in Valencia, Spain. EPA
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French President Emmanuel Macron talks with a patient as he visits a vaccination center at the Caisse Primaire d'Assurance Maladie in Bobigny, outside Paris, France. AP Photo
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People gather on th banks of the River Seine on a sunny afternoon in Paris, France. AFP
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A French border police officer checks passengers as they arrive at Nice Cote d'Azur Airport in Nice, France. Reuters
France announces U-turn on AstraZeneca vaccine for elderly people
Shot called 'quasi-effective' by President Emmanuel Macron has been made available to people aged between 65 and 74
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