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At a vaccination centre in Kabul, Afghans are receiving COVID-19 vaccine jabs donated by the United States.

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Afghans are receiving COVID-19 vaccine jabs as the country continues to battle a brutal third wave of the virus.
Staff administered the jabs at a vaccination centre in Kabul as others waited outside for their turn.   
More than 1.4 million Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 were recently donated to Afghanistan by the United States.
Another shipment is expected to arrive later this month, bringing the total donations to around 3.3 million doses.
Since the third wave started last month, the country has averaged more than 2,000 new confirmed cases a day.
Much of it is linked to the delta variant, first seen in India.
Afghan health ministry officials have warned people against gatherings but few in Afghanistan practice social distancing.
To control crowding, the government has closed the country's universities and schools.

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