Coronavirus live news: Italy opens vaccinations for all over-12s; over 2bn Covid jabs given worldwide

After a slow start, Italy has now given 35m doses to adults;Johns Hopkins figures show Israel remains most vaccinated country‘So many revolutions to lead’: generation Z on post-Covid futureBiden aims to vaccinate 70% of Americans in ‘month of action’Australian toddler taken to hospital after positive testSee all our coronavirus coverage4.07pmBSTInGreece, the government is to target tens of thousands of undocumented migrants living in government-run camps in the next phase of its vaccination campaign.Health Ministry officials said the single-dose Johnson& Johnson vaccine was being used for the programme, which is to begin on the islands of Lesbos, Chios and Samos before later expanding to other Greek islands and the mainland later this week, according to an Associated Press wire report.3.59pmBSTPeople inBahrain who have already received two doses of China ’s Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine are being offered a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech version.The Middle East island is currently in the midst of its worst wave of pandemic so far, despite being one of the countries with the most vaccinations per capita, according to the Associated Press.Continue reading...
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