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Pfizer suspends Costa Rica vaccine shipments for three weeks, government says – Metro US

Pfizer suspends Costa Rica vaccine shipments for three weeks, government says

FILE PHOTO: Vials and medical syringe are seen in front
FILE PHOTO: Vials and medical syringe are seen in front of Pfizer logo in this illustration

SAN JOSE (Reuters) – U.S. drugmaker Pfizer has notified Costa Rica that shipments of its COVID-19 vaccine would be suspended for three weeks, the Central American country’s health ministry said on Thursday.

The shipments are now expected mid-February, the ministry said, adding that Pfizer said Costa Rica’s vaccine campaign would be able to continue using available reserves of the vaccine.

(Reporting by Alvaro Murillo; writing by Cassandra Garrison)