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There is no reason for the French people to turn down the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, government spokesman Gabriel Attal told RTL radio on Friday, according to Reuters.
France is set resume the use of the vaccine on Friday after joining more than a dozen other nations in a brief suspension due to concerns about reports of blood clots in patients who had had the vaccine. Germany and Italy will also resume uses today.
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