240m COVID vaccine doses at risk of waste in Japan, U.S. and Europe

Logistical hurdles hinder redistribution of shots before shelf life runs out

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G-7 and EU inventories of COVID vaccines are projected to exceed 1 billion doses at the end of 2021. © Reuters

ANNA NISHINO and TAKESHI KUMON, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/CAIRO -- Advanced nations hold hundreds of millions of excess coronavirus vaccine doses at risk of expiring before they can be given to people in developing countries that have had greater difficulty in sourcing shots.

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