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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has offered to bring forward some deliveries of its COVID-19 vaccine to the European Union while the bloc has asked the British drugmaker if it can divert doses from the UK to make up for a shortfall in supplies, European officials told Reuters.
The Anglo-Swedish company unexpectedly announced on Friday it would cut supplies to the EU of its vaccine candidate in the first quarter of this year, a move that a senior EU official told Reuters meant a 60% reduction to 31 million doses for the bloc.
That complicated the EU’s vaccination plans, after Pfizer had also announced a temporary slowdown in deliveries of its vaccine, and triggered an outcry in Brussels and EU capitals.
EXCLUSIVE-Astra offers small concession, EU pleads for UK-made shots amid vaccine row -sources Reuters 1/26/2021
(adds Lithuanian drugs watchdog, EU Commission)
By Francesco Guarascio and Andrius Sytas
BRUSSELS, Jan 26 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has offered to bring forward some deliveries of its COVID-19 vaccine to the European Union while the bloc has asked the British drugmaker if it can divert doses from the UK to make up for a shortfall in supplies, European officials told Reuters.
The Anglo-Swedish company unexpectedly announced on Friday it would cut supplies to the EU of its vaccine candidate in the first quarter of this year, a move that a senior EU official told Reuters meant a 60% reduction to 31 million doses for the bloc.
BRUSSELS (Jan 26): AstraZeneca has offered to bring forward some deliveries of its Covid-19 vaccine to the European Union while the bloc has asked the British drug maker if it can divert doses from the UK to make up for a shortfall in supplies, European officials told Reuters.
The Anglo-Swedish company unexpectedly announced last Friday it would cut supplies to the EU of its vaccine candidate in the first quarter of this year, a move that a senior EU official told Reuters meant a 60% reduction to 31 million doses for the bloc.
That complicated the EU s vaccination plans, after Pfizer had also announced a temporary slowdown in deliveries of its vaccine, and triggered an outcry in Brussels and EU capitals.
FILE PHOTO: COVID-19 vaccinations in Stevenage
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – AstraZeneca has offered to bring forward some deliveries of its COVID-19 vaccine to the European Union while the bloc has asked the British drugmaker if it can divert doses from the UK to make up for a shortfall in supplies, European officials told Reuters.
The Anglo-Swedish company unexpectedly announced on Friday it would cut supplies to the EU of its vaccine candidate in the first quarter of this year, a move that a senior EU official told Reuters meant a 60% reduction to 31 million doses for the bloc.
That complicated the EU’s vaccination plans, after Pfizer had also announced a temporary slowdown in deliveries of its vaccine, and triggered an outcry in Brussels and EU capitals.
Lithuania to get more AstraZeneca vaccines following EU talks
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Covid-19 vaccine (associative image) / AP
AstraZeneca has increased its planned Covid-19 vaccine delivery volumes for Lithuania and other EU members for February, Lithuania s State Medicines Control Agency has said.
“The company has increased its planned vaccine delivery volumes for Europe. I cannot disclose the specific number due to confidentiality agreement, but the increase for February was presented as significant,” Gytis Andrulionis, head of the agency, told BNS on Tuesday.
His comments followed the EU s meeting with the UK-based vaccine manufacturer on Monday.
At the end of last week, AstraZeneca warned that delivery volumes of its coronavirus vaccine for Europe would be “lower than originally anticipated”.