350,000 doses of the vaccine were scheduled to be delivered on Monday, but a logistical problem at the Pfizer plant in Belgium has made it impossible
The first batch of 350,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine , which was expected for Monday, will not finally arrive until Tuesday due to a delay in distribution by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
The company has informed the Ministry of Health that the delay is due to a problem in the loading and shipping process that occurred at its factory in Puurs (Belgium), the headquarters from which vaccines are distributed throughout Europe.
According to the Ministry of Health, Pfizer informed authorities on Sunday night that the delivery of the compromised vaccine consignment was delayed until next Tuesday . In addition to Spain, seven other European countries would also be affected by the delay in the delivery of new doses of the Comirnaty vaccine .
Just three days ago, Matt Hancock was basking in the glory of Oxford University s astonishing achievement.
As its world-beating vaccine won approval from regulators, the Health Secretary toured the TV and radio studios, predicting that Britain s coronavirus crisis would finally be over by Easter.
After all, ministers had ordered 100million doses of the game-changer AstraZeneca vaccine, much more user-friendly than the Pfizer version already given to one million Britons.
And Alok Sharma, the Business Secretary, assured us way back in May that 30million doses would be on the shelves by September, ready for roll-out as soon as it had that crucial clearance.
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