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Short AstraZeneca shelf life complicates Covid-19 vaccine rollout to world's poorest

A healthcare professional prepares a dose of AstraZeneca (COVID-19) vaccine at the Narok County Referral Hospital, in Narok, Kenya. [Reuters]

The relatively short shelf life of AstraZeneca Plc's (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine is complicating the rollout to the world's poorest nations, according to officials and internal World Health Organization documents reviewed by Reuters.

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