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Now playing Next Hungary Katalin Karikó honoured in her Hungarian home town for COVID jab work Karikó, who is the vice-president of BioNTech, became best known for her work with mRNA technology that is used in the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines. 22/05/2021
Now playing Next Uncovering Europe Everything you need to know about the EU's COVID travel pass The pass will contain information about an individual's COVID vaccination, test record and/or recovery status. 21/05/2021
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Now playing Next world news EU states agree to allow entry to bloc for vaccinated travellers An EU spokesman said ambassadors of EU member states agreed to measures that will allow vaccinated travellers from third countries into the bloc. 19/05/2021
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