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A citizen gets vaccinated in the artists' dressing room of the Theatre de Verdure in Nice, France, which has been turned into a vaccination center.
Individuals over the age of 65 wait to enter the Department of Health in Sarasota's COVID-19 vaccination clinic, this on January 4, 2021.
90-year-old Pilar Mazas, resident at the Ballesol retirement home in Madrid, sits after receiving the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on January 25, 2021.
A mock inoculation exercise takes place as Japan prepares for its COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
People are vaccinated inside Lichfield Cathedral in Lichfield, Birmingham in England. The cathedral has been turned into an emergency vaccination center.
People wait to be vaccinated at Salisbury Cathedral, which has been turned into a vaccination center.
Residents of an assisted living facility in Netanya, Israel dance after receiving their shots.
People stand at a vaccination site after getting their shots during a government-organized visit in Shanghai, China, on January 19, 2021.
Betty Nelson, 81, waits for a clinic run by the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe to open so she can get vaccinated. The tribe is sharing its excess vaccines with Sequim, Washington residents.
Health worker Reena Jani, 34, receives the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine at Mathalput Community Health Centre on January 16, 2021. She's one of the first 100 health workers at the center to get vaccinated.
People in Belgrade are vaccinated with the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine on January 26, 2021.
A man sits and waits to get vaccinated at a care home in Sofia, Bulgaria, on January 27, 2021.
A Holocaust survivor prepares to be vaccinated at Bratislava's Jewish community center, this on January 27, 2021.
A healthcare worker receives a COVISHIELD shot, which is manufactured by Serum Institute of India, as part of one of the world's largest COVID-19 vaccination campaigns.
Art teacher Quinita Peterson receives the Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at the University of Arizona in Tucson on January 21, 2021.
Vanderlecia Ortega dos Santos, from the Witoto indigenous tribe, receives the Sinovac vaccine in Manaus in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, this on January 18, 2021.
A resident at Hamilton Park Nursing and Rehabilitation in Brooklyn, New York gets a vaccine from Walgreens pharmacists.
Centenarian Ellen Prosser receives the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine from Dr. Nikki Kanani at the Sunrise Care Home, in Sidcup in south-east London, this on January 7, 2021.
Two residents of the Attendo nursing home in Gothenburg receive the Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine on January 7, 2021. All permanent residents in the nursing home were vaccinated. The country aims to vaccinate its entire adult population in the first half of 2021.
US President Joe Biden receives the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from Chief Nurse Executive Ric Cuming at ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital on January 11, 2021, in Newark, Delaware.
A police officer is vaccinated at Gillette Stadium's vaccination site on January 15, 2021, in Foxborough, Massachusetts. First responders and healthcare workers are among the first groups to be vaccinated.
The COVID-19 vaccine has finally arrived to most countries. Nations across the world are rolling out vaccination campaigns, opening vaccination centers and delivering the first shots to higher risk groups, including the elderly and front line health staff. Numerous vaccines from various labs have been approved, depending on the country, but they all offer the hope that we've all been waiting for since the pandemic began.
Browse through the following gallery and see how countries around the world are vaccinating their citizens.
Jos Hermans, 96, greets reporters and photographers after getting vaccinated at the Saint-Peter residential care center on December 28, 2020, in Puurs-Sint-Amands, Belgium.
People wait to be vaccinated at Manhattan’s Javits Center on January 13, 2021. The Javits previously functioned as a field hospital in 2020, and now is being used as a vaccination center.
ICU nurse Helen Cordova receives the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center on December 14, 2020. Governor of California Gavin Newsom watches and applauds.
90-year-old Margaret Keenan is the first patient in the UK to receive the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine, this at University Hospital in Coventry, England. The shot was administered by nurse May Parsons on December 8, 2020.
Healthcare workers get the Pfizer/BioNTech shot at the Legacy Emanuel Medical Center on December 16, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. This was the first day of vaccinations in the state.
Guarani indigenous chief Jurema Nunes receives a CoronaVac shot from nurse Rosane das Neves during a vaccination campaign at the Aldeia Mata Verde Bonita (Tekoa Ka'Aguy Ovy Porã) on January 20, 2021 in Maricá in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.
A man waits to get vaccinated at Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Cardiologist Manuela Fiuza waits for the first shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on December 27, 2020, at Santa Maria Hospital in Lisbon.
The race to vaccinate the world against COVID-19
Most countries have started vaccination campaigns
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The COVID-19 vaccine has finally arrived to most countries. Nations across the world are rolling out vaccination campaigns, opening vaccination centers and delivering the first shots to higher risk groups, including the elderly and front line health staff. Numerous vaccines from various labs have been approved, depending on the country, but they all offer the hope that we've all been waiting for since the pandemic began.
Browse through the following gallery and see how countries around the world are vaccinating their citizens.