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WHO briefing African nations on recommendation to use AstraZeneca vaccine

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The World Health Organisation is briefing African countries on a recommendation by its SAGE panel that AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine should be deployed widely, even in countries where the new coronavirus variant may reduce its efficacy, its Africa director said.

WHO Africa’s Matshidiso Moeti told a news conference on Thursday that interactions with countries neighbouring South Africa were “particularly intense”.

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