Coronavirus UK: Vaccine hold-up ’caused by AstraZeneca delivery delay from Indian factory’

The Indian manufacturer blamed for the Covid vaccine hold-up in the UK has denied it went back on plans to supply five million doses of the AstraZeneca jab in April and said there was never a concrete timescale. A change of plans meaning Britain would get five million fewer jabs than expected from the Serum … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Vaccine hold-up ’caused by AstraZeneca delivery delay from Indian factory’

The UK’s Covid vaccine hold-up is being caused by a five million dose shortfall in deliveries from an Indian factory making the AstraZeneca jab, it has emerged. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said plans to roll out the vaccines to under-50s would have to be put on hold because of supply problems in April. NHS officials … Read more