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Up to 1 million COVID vaccines expired in Nigeria last month

A vial with the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus disease vaccine is seen at the National hospital in Abuja, Nigeria. [Reuters]

Up to one million COVID-19 vaccines are estimated to have expired in Nigeria last month without being used, two sources told Reuters, one of the biggest single losses of doses that shows the difficulty African nations have getting shots in arms.

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