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Health Canada agrees to extend shelf-life of AstraZeneca as variant from India ups COVID threat A health official draws a dose of the AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine. Photo by REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Will Health Canada’s decision to grant an extension to the best-before date on thousands of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses further spook public confidence in the troubled shots, or is there nothing really magical about drug expiry dates?
The drug regulator offered few details Saturday when it announced it was granting a one-month extension to the shelf life of two lots of AstraZeneca’s vaccines totalling about 49,000 doses. Any injections formerly set to expire Monday could now be used until July 1, the agency said.
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