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Brazil's Rio starts giving virus jabs at Christ the Redeemer statue

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At the foot of the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue, two female residents of Rio de Janeiro become the first to be vaccinated in Brazil's nationwide immunisation campaign against Covid-19, which the government decided to bring forward two days in response to growing pressure from some states where inoculation drives had already started, amid a devastating second wave of the virus.

Added on the 19/01/2021 07:03:37 - Copyright : AFP EN

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