Protesters in Argentina demand vaccines and jobs

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Argentina’s government has extended pandemic restrictions for another two weeks to contain the spread of the virus, now in its third wave.

An average of 600 people are dying every day of COVID-19 and there are more than 20,000 daily infections.

China’s Cansino single-use vaccine has just been approved there for emergency use.

Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo reports from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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