Vaccination efforts around the world aim to curb COVID-19 pandemic
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![Students wait in a queue to receive a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre at the Hunter Street Health Centre in London on June 5, 2021.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/06/05/USAT/2c4a2ba9-3d6a-4d92-b9b6-3810d7221e43-AFP_AFP_9BG2DH.jpg?width=660&height=439&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Students wait in a queue to receive a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre at the Hunter Street Health Centre in London on June 5, 2021.
Daniel Leal-Olivas, AFP Via Getty Images![A health worker points out bottles of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre at the Hunter Street Health Centre in London on June 5, 2021.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/06/05/USAT/5feb1ec1-30d4-4e92-b0a1-f938d3bee5c6-AFP_AFP_9BG2EF.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A health worker points out bottles of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre at the Hunter Street Health Centre in London on June 5, 2021.
Daniel Leal-Olivas, AFP Via Getty Images![People over age 40 gather inside the gym of the American Institute school where health workers are giving shots of the Sputnik V and Sinopharm vaccines for COVID-19 in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, June 4, 2021.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/06/04/USAT/aab67ada-0adb-4955-924e-1e955314cfc3-AP_Virus_Outbreak_Bolivia_1.jpg?width=660&height=388&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
People over age 40 gather inside the gym of the American Institute school where health workers are giving shots of the Sputnik V and Sinopharm vaccines for COVID-19 in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, June 4, 2021.
Juan Karita, AP![A healthcare worker shows a woman the dose of China's Sinovac vaccine for COVID-19 before giving it to her in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, June 4, 2021.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/06/04/USAT/54f6458c-c24a-4ffd-a181-a86bcd71b438-AP_Virus_Outbreak_Colombia.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A healthcare worker shows a woman the dose of China's Sinovac vaccine for COVID-19 before giving it to her in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, June 4, 2021.
Fernando Vergara, APWorkers hold documents as they wait for their turn to receive the first dose of Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus in a passenger bus converted into a mobile vaccination centre at a wholesale market in Kolkata, India on June 3, 2021.
DIBYANGSHU SARKAR, AFP Via Getty ImagesAn official in personal protective equipment (PPE) manages the crowd as people line up to receive China's Sinopharm Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on May 31, 2021, as part of the government's campaign to halt the rising number of cases of the virus.
TANG CHHIN SOTHY, AFP Via Getty Images![Two elderly women walk into the Alba Caracas hotel to get their first dose of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine after being in line for more than 5 hours, during a massive vaccination campaign for seniors in Caracas, Venezuela, May 31, 2021.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/06/03/USAT/03edde0a-51ee-4f1a-bb8f-090c5c418ff9-AP_APTOPIX_Virus_Outbreak_Venezuela.jpg?width=660&height=443&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Two elderly women walk into the Alba Caracas hotel to get their first dose of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine after being in line for more than 5 hours, during a massive vaccination campaign for seniors in Caracas, Venezuela, May 31, 2021.
Ariana Cubillos, AP![Nurse-in-training Julia Ramos prepares to vaccinate a person at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at theMuseum of the Republic on May 24, 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/06/03/USAT/da5946e8-ee60-4062-a93e-3d14b04de1a5-GTY_1319854050.jpg?width=660&height=458&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Nurse-in-training Julia Ramos prepares to vaccinate a person at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at theMuseum of the Republic on May 24, 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Mario Tama, Getty ImagesCatherine Bechard, a Canada Border Services Agency, CBSA, regional Indigenous Affairs advisor, walks along a line-up of southern Alberta residents waiting to get shots of a COVID-19 vaccine from a Montana tribe in Carway, Alberta,, May 18, 2021.
Jeff McIntosh, The Canadian Press Via APA woman receives a dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine as medical health workers visit door-to-door to deliver the vaccines to people who live far from health facilities in Siaya, Kenya, on May 18, 2021.
BRIAN ONGORO, AFP Via Getty ImagesPeople line up to receive doses of a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital on the outskirts of Siliguri, India on May 13, 2021.
DIPTENDU DUTTA, AFP Via Getty ImagesPeople wait after receiving doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at a vaccination center for people over 50 years old set up at the Vasconcelos Library, in Mexico City on May 11, 2021.
PEDRO PARDO, AFP Via Getty ImagesA health worker prepares to administer a dose of the Sinopharm Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination centre in Karachi, Pakistan on May 5, 2021.
ASIF HASSAN, AFP Via Getty ImagesNurse Pilar Rodríguez arrives to start visiting her patients in the town of Sa Pobla on the Spanish Balearic Island of Mallorca, Spain, Friday, April 30, 2021. Pilar Rodríguez, age 49, is one of three nurses in the town of Sa Pobla in the interior of the island to administer shots there and in nearby villages. On her rounds of the area on foot, she is welcomed amiably by elderly folk, many bound to a chair or a bed. So far, Rodríguez said she and her colleagues have vaccinated over 70 people at their homes in the rural area. They have all received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the shot leading Spain's campaign.
Francisco Ubilla, APA man prepares to receive a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the first drive-through vaccination center in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, April 29, 2021.
Vadim Ghirda, AP![Health workers arrive to inoculate elderly citizens with doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, at their house at El Agustino district in Lima, Peru on April 28, 2021.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/06/03/USAT/25b64e95-dabe-4428-8937-3d25ecb778fb-AFP_AFP_98X67J.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Health workers arrive to inoculate elderly citizens with doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, at their house at El Agustino district in Lima, Peru on April 28, 2021.
ERNESTO BENAVIDES, AFP Via Getty ImagesAn elderly woman reacts as she receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at El-Menzah sports hall in Tunisia's capital Tunis on April 12, 2021, as vaccination centers in the North African country experience an influx of registrations a day ahead of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.
FETHI BELAID, AFP Via Getty ImagesA medical worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Comirnaty vaccine against Covid-19 at a vaccination center on April 8, 2021 in Erfurt, Germany.
Jens Schlueter, Getty ImagesPalestinian health ministry workers prepare doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine COVID-19, donated by the Chinese government, at a school in Halhoul, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on April 6, 2021, to be provided to Palestinian teachers and education ministry employees before schools reopen the following week.
HAZEM BADER, AFP Via Getty ImagesA woman wearing Javanese traditonal costume in a vehicle receives a dose of the Sinovac Biotech Ltd. Covid-19 vaccine during a mass drive-thru vaccination program at Prambanan temple complex on April 5, 2021 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Ulet Ifansasti, Getty ImagesHealthcare workers from Humber River Hospital draw out doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine before administering the vaccine to residents at a LOFT community housing complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Friday, March 26, 2021.
COLE BURSTON, AFP Via Getty ImagesA health worker monitors people who received the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for any bad side effects in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, March 17, 2021.
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