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[ad_1] The poorest countries will start receiving doses of coronavirus vaccination early next year from a facility created to ensure fair access, the World Health Organization and its partners said on Friday. Nearly two billion doses of candidate vaccines have been secured for the Covax facility, managed by WHO in …
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