Friday, April 9, 2021

Africa Union halts AstraZeneca supply plans following UK and EU age limits

The Africa Union has decided to stop plans to secure doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine because of supply concerns from India. 

Focus will now turn to the single-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine instead.

African countries will continue to receive supplies of AstraZeneca through the WHO's vaccine sharing facility Covax. 

Lucy Hough has more.

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