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U.K. Approves AstraZeneca-Oxford Coronavirus Vaccine

The British government has ordered 100 million doses, enough to vaccinate 50 million residents.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks at the newly authorized AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine.

Health officials in the U.K. authorized the AstraZeneca-Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, giving the nation a second option for inoculation against the coronavirus.

The government will begin rolling out

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