Tuesday, June 1, 2021

AstroZeneca's Rocky Rollout: The Woes Of The 'Vaccine Of The World'

From left: A New Delhi woman waits inside an observation room after a dose of the Covishield vaccine (the name used for the AstraZeneca product in India) on May 26. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves a London vaccination center after his first AstraZeneca dose on March 19. On March 9, Nairobi began vaccinating groups including health-care workers and older people with AstraZeneca.

Oxford-AstraZeneca promised its COVID-19 vaccine would be effective, cheap and available worldwide. Five months after its launch, the path forward has been anything but smooth.

(Image credit: From left: Prakash Singh, Aaron Chown, Robert Bonet/ Getty Images)

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