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Poor countries face long wait for vaccines despite promises

by ANIRUDDHA GHOSALMaria Cheng
| December 15, 2020 12:27 AM

NEW DELHI (AP) — With Americans, Britons and Canadians rolling up their sleeves to receive coronavirus vaccines, the route out of the pandemic now seems clear to many in the West, even if the rollout will take many months. But for poorer countries, the road will be far longer and rougher.

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