Jirina Vlk, a spokesperson for the Public Health Agency of Canada, "said Canada had informed the World Health Organization about the expiry date change and was looking into whether the move has an impact on the five million doses of vaccine Canada donated" to the agency, for redistribution to developing countries without access to the vaccines (Branswell, 4/10).

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