EU Explains Plans To Speed Up Variant Vaccine Approvals
New EMA Expert Group Will Probe AZ Vaccine Blood Clot Issue
Executive Summary
The EU institutions are taking steps to preserve the effectiveness of existing vaccines in the face of mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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