JOHANNESBURG, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The World Health
Organization is briefing African countries on a recommendation
by its SAGE panel that AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine
should be deployed widely, even in countries where the "South
African" coronavirus variant may reduce its efficacy, its Africa
director said.
WHO Africa's Matshidiso Moeti told a news conference on
Thursday that interactions with countries neighbouring South
Africa were "particularly intense".
(Reporting by Alexander Winning and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo;
Editing by Alison Williams)