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#BREAKING EU medicines agency EMA backs Pfizer Covid vaccine storage at regular freezer temperature, instead of ultra-cold storage, for up to two weeks

#UPDATE #PfizerBioNTech coronavirus vaccine vials can be kept at normal freezer temperatures, instead of in ultra-cold storage, for up to two weeks, the EU's drugs regulator the #EMA said on Friday, helping the "rapid roll-out" of vaccines across Europe u.afp.com/UYs7

#BREAKING WHO urges countries to donate 10 mn Covid-19 vaccine doses 'immediately' to Covax

#UPDATE Despite the effort to get Covid-19 jabs into arms, the pandemic is still surging in Europe and Latin America, and the deployment of vaccines is chronically unequal with poorer nations lagging far behind wealthier ones
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