Germany is the latest country to resume use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The announcement comes Friday following Thursday’s recommendation by European regulators that the benefits of the shot outweigh the risks.

Here & Now‘s Lisa Mullins speaks with NPR’s Frank Langfitt in the United Kingdom, where Prime Minister Boris Johnson is getting the AstraZeneca vaccine on Friday as part of the effort there to show it’s safe.

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