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Economic Times | 07 Apr, 2021 | 08.47AM IST
Coronavirus Live Updates: Oxford halts dosing in trial of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in children
Researchers at Oxford University have paused an ongoing pediatric clinical trial of the coronavirus vaccine it is developing with AstraZeneca.
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