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8.31pm GMT
France will receive around 1.16m Covid-19 vaccine doses by year end, prime minister Jean Castex said, adding another 2.3m will arrive in the next two months.
The delivery of some 3.9m doses will inoculate around 1.7 million people, with priority given to the elderly, the vulnerable and carers.
8.28pm GMT
An Alaskan health worker who had a serious allergic reaction after getting Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine was now stable, public health authorities said.
The adverse reaction in the person, minutes after taking the Pfizer shot on Tuesday, was similar to two cases in Britain.
