eSwatini won't use AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, minister says

MBABANE, Feb 9 (Reuters) - eSwatini Health Minister Lizzie
Nkosi said on Tuesday that her country, which borders South
Africa, would no longer use AstraZeneca's COVID-19
vaccine.

South Africa has put on hold the rollout of AstraZeneca's
vaccine, after preliminary trial data showed it gave only
minimal protection against mild-to-moderate infection caused by
South Africa's dominant coronavirus variant.

"The country has considered its close proximity with South
Africa. We felt that the variant could be in the country
already. We will no longer be using AstraZeneca Oxford vaccine,"
Nkosi said in an interview on local television.

(Reporting by Lunga Masuku; Writing by Alexander Winning;
Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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