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A man holds an ampule of the Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covishield vaccine at the Dhaka Medical College vaccination center in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 9, 2021. REUTERS
SEOUL — South Korea’s drug safety ministry on Wednesday said it will approve the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine for all people, including those aged 65 and over.
The AstraZeneca shot, co-developed by Britain’s Oxford University, is the first vaccine to be granted approval in the country.
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