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Now playing Next Hungary Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán receives dose of Chinese COVID vaccine Public trust in the Chinese and Russian vaccines was far behind injections produced in the West and approved by the EU's medicines agency. 28/02/2021
Now playing Next USA US approves use of single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine Johnson & Johnson hope to supply more than 100 million doses of its one-shot injection to the US by the end of June. 28/02/2021
Now playing Next world news Some EU member states relinquished COVID vaccines last year: Macron EU member states agreed to redistribute COVID vaccines among themselves and many member states took extra vaccine doses that were not wanted by others. 26/02/2021
Now playing Next world news EU regulator issues guidance to adapt COVID-19 vaccines to variants The EU regulator says authorized vaccines protect against the variants currently prevalent across Europe. But the shots may need to be adapted as new mutations spread. 25/02/2021
Now playing Next Serbia Take your pick: Serbia lets citizens choose from four COVID-19 jabs Which would you prefer? In Serbia, people can select any of four jabs: the one developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, China’s Sinopharm, Russia’s Sputnik V and Oxford-Astrazeneca's. 24/02/2021
Now playing Next Europe News Speeding up vaccine rollout set to be high on agenda at EU summit Council members will also discuss the emergence of new variants, which are quickly becoming dominant COVID variants throughout the bloc. They are complicating countries' efforts to bring down infection levels. 24/02/2021
Now playing Next SanMarino San Marino buys Russia's Sputnik V after EU vaccine delivery delays San Marino isn’t an EU member and was excluded from the deals the 27-nation bloc negotiated with pharmaceutical firms. 24/02/2021
Now playing Next France France's Sanofi to produce millions of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 jabs Sanofi is to produce as many as 12 million doses a month of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine once approved. It has also agreed to manufacture 125 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech jab. 22/02/2021
Now playing Next France France adds Dunkirk to its list of lockdowns this weekend Dunkirk will join the Alpes-Maritimes region for the weekend lockdown, which comes on top of other national measures. 22/02/2021
Now playing Next United Kingdom UK aiming to vaccinate every adult by end of July, government says The UK is aiming to speed up its coronavirus vaccination programme, which is already well ahead of its European neighbours. 21/02/2021
Now playing Next world news Sputnik V: Why hasn't the EU approved Russia's COVID vaccine yet? EU leaders have expressed their concerns about the use of the Russian vaccine amid fears Russia will use it to extend its influence in the bloc. 20/02/2021
Now playing Next Europe News Europe's week: Vaccine boost and Afghanistan decision delayed There was some relief for the EU this week both on vaccines and defence. 19/02/2021
Now playing Next Europe News COVID- vaccine: EU to get extra 350 million doses in 2021 The 27-country bloc is now expected to receive 500 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech's vaccine this year. Enough to inoculate 250 million people. 17/02/2021
Now playing Next Japan Japan begins COVID-19 vaccination drive amid Olympic worries The late rollout will make it impossible to reach so-called "herd immunity" against the virus before the Olympics begin in July, experts say. 17/02/2021
Now playing Next North Korea North Korea in alleged attempted hack of Pfizer over COVID vaccine North Korea launched a cyber attack on the pharma giant to obtain information about its coronavirus vaccine, according to South Korean intelligence services. 16/02/2021
Now playing Next world news AstraZeneca vaccine gets emergency approval from WHO The green light for the AstraZeneca vaccine is only the second one the U.N. health agency has issued after authorizing the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in December. 15/02/2021