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European countries were on Tuesday given a clear timeframe for the start of their vaccination programmes after the EU's medicines regulator said it would decide by 29 December whether to grant emergency approval for the first Covid-19 jabs, AFP reports.

France plans to prioritise the most fragile and exposed groups in early 2021, followed by a second campaign for the rest of the population between April and June, the president Emmanuel Macron announced.