Coronavirus Notebook: EMA Issues Guidance On Development Of Variant Vaccines, EU Leaders Urge Production Ramp-Up
Executive Summary
A batch of AstraZeneca/Oxford University coronavirus vaccines has arrived in Ghana, the first country in the world to receive vaccines via the COVAX Facility.
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