French to get access to Covid jabs on holiday including at the beach

Government changes rule that second jab must be given in same place as first amid rise in Delta cases

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French holidaymakers will have access to Covid vaccines wherever they are in the country this summer, the government has announced.

The move, introduced on Monday, follows a dropping-off in the number of first vaccine jabs and warnings of a fourth wave of coronavirus as the rate of Delta variant infections rises.