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UK approves use of 2nd COVID-19 vaccine with easier storage

by Danica KirkaMike Corder
| December 30, 2020 12:09 AM

LONDON (AP) — Britain on Wednesday became the first country to authorize an easy-to-handle COVID-19 vaccine whose developers hope it will become the “vaccine for the world.” The approval and a shift in policy that will speed up rollout of the vaccine in the U.K. come as a surge in infections threatens to swamp British hospitals.

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