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US nears 500,000 Covid deaths: Scene outside Miami's Hard Rock Stadium vaccination site

AFP, 23 Feb 2021

Images show a relatively empty vaccination site at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida, as the US approaches the grim milestone of 500,000 deaths from Covid-19.

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