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The French President is facing an uphill battle to get France vaccinated quickly after delays in delivery and his startling comments on the AstraZeneca jab. In January, Mr Macron claimed that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was quasi-ineffective for over-65s, hours before it was approved by regulators for use on all adults in the EU. This week, France approved the jab, but the President s previous comments could prove detrimental to the rollout. Only 273,000 AstraZeneca doses hav