Kenya Eyes AstraZeneca Vaccine on Less Onerous Storage Needs

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Laboratory technicians handle vials as part of filling and packaging tests for the Oxford-AstraZeneca Plc Covid-19 vaccine.

Photographer: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images

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Kenya may select the Oxford-AstraZeneca Plc Covid-19 vaccine because it doesn’t require complex cold storage, unlike those of Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc., according to a health ministry official.