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— Spain takes vaccine to the rural housebound ——— ——— HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING: ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Saturday received its first supply of COVID-19 vaccines through the U.N.-backed COVAX initiative, over 1.2 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. The prime minister’s special aide on health, Dr. Faisal Sultan, asked people over age 40 to register for shots and said the Pakistani government would soon be able to expand its immunization program to other age groups. A statement issued by Pakistan’s National Command and Opera...

NEW DELHI — India opened vaccinations to all adults this month, hoping to tame a disastrous coronavirus surge sweeping the country, but since then the pace of administering the shots

The Latest: France welcomes EU curb on AstraZeneca vaccine PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed the decision from the European Union not to renew its order for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Macron said the EU policy is aiming at “responding in particular to the variants… We see that some other vaccines are more efficient.” The bloc’s Internal Market Commissioner, Thierry Breton, said Sunday the EU Commission has not ordered AstraZeneca shots for after June. Two weeks ago, the EU launched legal proceedings against the pharmaceutical group for allegedly failing to re...

The Latest: EU doesn't renew order for AstraZeneca vaccine A police officer stands guard in a business district to ensure a lockdown to help control the spread of the coronavirus, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, May 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) May 09, 2021 - 5:54 AM PARIS — The EU Commission did not renew its order for AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, the European Union’s Internal Market Commissioner said Sunday. “We have not renewed the order for after June. We’ll see what will happen next,” Thierry Breton told French radio France Int...