Africa CDC says not "walking away" from AstraZeneca vaccine
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- South Africa
The African Union's disease control body said on Thursday it was not "walking away" from AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and that more was needed to be done to understand how it works against the 501Y.V2 variant dominant in South Africa.
Africa CDC Director John Nkengasong added in a news conference that plans to distribute 7 million AstraZeneca doses in Africa funded by South African telecoms firm MTN Group would move ahead.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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