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As researchers around the world race to perfect a coronavirus vaccine, new polling suggests that only half of people in the United States might actually take it.
The results of the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll, released on Wednesday, found 31% weren’t sure if they’d get vaccinated, while one in five said they would refuse.
As prospects of summer holidays abroad increase for some people in Europe, the race is already on to lure tourists for whom personal health and safety will be a high priority when choosing a destination this year, writes Kate Connolly, the Guardian’s Berlin correspondent.
Italy’s South Tyrol region is particularly focussing its attention on German holiday makers who are being warned to not take risks if they travel, particularly as the government has said it will not be making a repeat of its multi-million Euro airlift operation to bring its citizens back from all corners of the globe back in March and April.
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