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Probe into missing vaccine vial delayed

WESTERN BUREAU: The nation will have to wait longer than promised for the report into Monday’s mysterious disappearance of a vial of AstraZeneca vaccine from the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, as the auditor assigned to that...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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