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GENEVA (Reuters) – Vaccines are a major part of the battle against COVID-19 but will not on their own end the pandemic, Mike Ryan, the WHO’s top emergency expert, said on Friday.
“We are … seeing data emerge that protection may not be lifelong and therefore re-infections may occur,” Ryan said.
“Vaccines do not equal zero COVID,” he said.
Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay in Geneva and Michael Shields in Zurich; Writing by Toby Chopra; Editing by Catherine Evans
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