<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>British drugmaker AstraZeneca said Wednesday that it has withdrawn its Covid vaccine Vaxzevria, one of the first produced in the pandemic, citing “commercial reasons” and a surplus of updated jabs, reports AFP.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“As multiple, variant Covid-19 vaccines have since been developed there is a surplus of available updated vaccines. This has led to a decline in demand for Vaxzevria, which is no longer being manufactured or supplied,” an AstraZeneca spokeperson said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd/fas</div>