AstraZeneca boss blames 'glitches' for vaccine supply delays in Europe

AstraZeneca boss says UK could have vaccinated 30 million people against COVID by March
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Pascal Soriot is chief executive of AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca's chief executive has said the UK's target of vaccinating the top four priority groups against COVID-19 by mid-February will be possible.
In an interview with Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Pascal Soriot said: "By March, the UK will have vaccinated maybe 28 to 30 million people.
"The prime minister has a goal to vaccinate 15 million people by mid-February, and they're already at 6.5 million. So they will get there."
coronavirus vaccines to the bloc are due to it signing its contract three months after the UK.

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