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Vaccine failures cast shadow over EU summit as Covid-19 surges

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European Union leaders meet on Thursday to discuss a coordinated path out of the Covid-19 pandemic as infections surge again in many of their countries, seeking agreement on how to ramp up supplies of vaccines after a feeble start to inoculation. FRANCE 24's Pierre Benazet tells us more.

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