A new poll published on Tuesday found less than half of French people want jab
Fear of potential side effects was the main reason given for the reluctance
The poll put France behind even sceptical countries like Russia at 43% and South Africa at 53% and far from China s 80% or the UK s 77%
Comes as Germany and Sweden reported a record number of daily Covid deaths
Wednesday, 30 Dec 2020 07:14 AM MYT
A woman walks past a social distancing health message outside of a secondary school in London, Britain December 29, 2020. Reuters pic
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LONDON, Dec 30 Britain registered a new daily record for coronavirus cases yesterday as it battled a new strain that has spread as far as Chile and India, even as more countries started mass vaccination campaigns.
Nations around the world are struggling with surges in infections that have pushed the global case total close to 81 million and killed more than 1.78 million.
The EU health agency ECDC warned yesterday that the risk is high that the newly discovered Covid-19 variants could cause even more deaths and further strain healthcare because of “increased transmissibility.”
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Published 29 December 2020
South Africa banned alcohol sales and made masks mandatory in public from Tuesday after a surge in coronavirus cases, as the World Health Organization warned that pandemics far more deadly than Covid-19 may lie ahead.
Nations around the world are struggling with winter spikes in infections that have pushed the global caseload close to 81 million, even as the rollout of vaccines gathers pace in North America and Europe.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced a ban on selling alcohol and said face masks will be compulsory in public after his nation became the first in Africa to record one million cases.
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FILES) This file photo was taken on July 13, 2020, shows a woman walking past a closed liquor shop in Soweto. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on December 28, 2020, announced a ban on alcohol sales and said mask-wearing would be mandatory in public as his country became the continent’s first to record one million coronavirus cases.
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South Africa banned alcohol sales and made masks mandatory in public from Tuesday after a surge in coronavirus cases, as the World Health Organization warned that pandemics far more deadly than Covid-19 may lie ahead.
Nations around the world are struggling with winter spikes in infections that have pushed the global caseload close to 81 million, even as the rollout of vaccines gathers pace in North America and Europe.