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Added on the 24/04/2021 13:54:28 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Members of Japan's elderly community receive their Covid-19 shots as a new mass vaccination center opens in Tokyo in an effort to accelerate the country's vaccination rollout amid a fourth wave of infections. The centers, run by the Self-Defense Forces, will operate for three months from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time, including weekends and national holidays. They will use the Moderna vaccine developed by the United States, which was approved by the government on Friday. Japan hopes the mass venues, aiming to inoculate up to 10,000 people a day in Tokyo. IMAGES
People wait in line outside the new FEMA vaccination site on Miami-Dade College's North Campus to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has also opened sites in Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville. IMAGES
People are seen entering the Javits Center, in New York, where a vaccination site has been set up. The United States is on the brink of 500,000 Covid-related deaths on Monday, while the vaccination rollout is picking up pace globally including with the first shots in Australia. IMAGES
Visitors return to Disneyland Paris, the giant Disney-themed amusement park to the east of the capital reopening its doors after a four-month closure due to the Covid-19 epidemic. Reinforced hygiene measures are put in place. IMAGES
Paris's most famous street the Champs-Elysees was transformed into an open-air mass "dictation" spellathon Sunday, pitting thousands of France's brainiest bookworms against one another. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.