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U.K. Clears Moderna’s Vaccine to Add Third Covid-19 Shot
- Approval comes as pandemic surges anew across Britain
- U.K. also adds 10 million more vaccine doses from Moderna
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The U.K. cleared Moderna Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine, adding a third shot for emergency use against the pandemic as infections surge.
Britain’s medicines regulator said Friday that it has authorized the U.S. company’s vaccine, confirming an earlier report by Bloomberg. As the country ramps up immunizations against the fast-spreading coronavirus, the Covid death toll now stands at more than 78,000 across Britain.