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Reuters
Reuters
Business
Jennifer Rigby and Francesco Guarascio

COVID-19 vaccine scheme for world's poorest pushes for delivery slowdown

FILE PHOTO: Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Leaders of the global scheme aiming to get COVID-19 vaccines to the world's poorest are pushing manufacturers including Pfizer and Moderna to cut or slow deliveries of about half a billion shots so doses are not wasted.

COVAX, the World Health Organization-led scheme, wants between 400 and 600 million fewer vaccines doses than initially contracted from six pharmaceutical companies, according to internal documents seen by Reuters.

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