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The Latest: WHO asks drugmakers to prioritize poor countries

| July 12, 2021 9:03 AM

GENEVA — The head of the World Health Organization called on drugmakers to prioritize supplying their COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries instead of lobbying rich countries to use even more doses, just as some pharmaceuticals are seeking authorization for a third dose to be used as a booster.

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