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Sweden Says About 80,000 People Have Had Their First Covid Shot

A nursing home resident receives the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine, in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Jan. 7.

Photographer: Fredrik Lerneryd/Getty Images

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Sweden provided a first real glimpse of how its Covid vaccination program is progressing.

The country’s public health authority said that roughly 80,000 people had received a Covid-19 vaccine jab as of Jan. 10, though the actual number is probably higher because some regions have yet to submit fresh data.