Coronavirus live: European countries to restart AstraZeneca vaccine programmes

Germany and Italy to restart from Friday; Netherlands and Spain to resume next week; new lockdown announced in France

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11.29pm GMT

California governor Gavin Newsom has acknowledged mistakes in communicating with the public last year before the first loosening of coronavirus restrictions led to an early summer spike in cases.

The Democratic governor also said he expects to soon expand the list of people eligible for vaccinations and asserted he was right to call the organizers of a recall effort against him partisan extremists.

He told The Associated Press: We were communicating with counties and businesses and sectors and industries, not with the public, what that modification meant and what it didn't mean.

11.04pm GMT

The front page of Friday's Guardian in the UK.

THE GUARDIAN: PM backs jab as row grows over boasts' about rollout #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/4AQJdFGdRt