Coronavirus live news: Italy opens vaccinations for all over-12s; over 2bn Covid jabs given worldwide
After a slow start, Italy has now given 35m doses to adults; Johns Hopkins figures show Israel remains most vaccinated country
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John Hopkins university has confirmed that more than two billion vaccine doses have been distributed worldwide.
It puts the figure at 2,002,917,476 after we reported an AFP tally earlier with similar figures.
Asylum-seekers in Greece have been receiving coronavirus shots as authorities began rolling out vaccinations in migrant camps.
Reuters reports that the government, which began vaccinating the general public in January, had been criticised by rights groups for being slow to include asylum-seekers, at risk in overcrowded camps where sanitary conditions are poor and social-distancing impossible.