Romania Ships First Batch of AstraZeneca Vaccine to Moldova

Romania Ships First Batch of AstraZeneca Vaccine to Moldova
A test tube labelled "vaccine" in front of an AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, on Sept. 9, 2020. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/Reuters
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BUCHAREST—Romania shipped its first donation of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to neighbouring Moldova on Saturday to allow Moldova to start vaccinating frontline medical workers next week.

Moldova and neighbouring Ukraine, two of Europe’s poorest countries, have lagged behind the rest of the continent in the scramble for vaccines and welcomed donations from friendly governments.