now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. scientists have developed covid vaccines with unprecedented speed. now it s the manufacture and distribution which will dictate how quickly the pandemic can be tamed. my guest today, adar poonawalla, is boss of the biggest vaccine producer in the world, serum institute of india. he went all in on a production deal with astrazeneca, and for many of us, the jab we get will have been made by him. he is a super rich vaccine visionary. is he is driven by more than profit? adar poonawalla, in poona, india, welcome to hardtalk. nice to be with you. it is a pleasure to have you on the show. the numbers are staggering. you have the ambition to produce more thani billion doses of your covid vaccine a year. how is the plan going? you know, that s exactly right. when we announced to do this, there was a lot of scepticism that would we be able to scale up in time and stockpile all these vaccines? when we fast forward now
hello and thanks forjoining us. the world health organization has urged countries not to pause covid vaccinations, as several major eu member states halted their roll outs of the oxford astrazeneca jab. the who s vaccine safety experts will meet later today after germany, france, italy and spainjoined other nations in halting the injections as a precaution while checks are made. it said there was no evidence of a link between the vaccine and blood clots. our health correspondent, jim reed, has more. 11 million people in the uk have already been given their first dose of the astrazeneca vaccine without any serious side effects emerging but a growing number of other countries have now suspended its use after a small number of cases of blood clotting were recorded. france, germany, italy and spain have temporarily stopped using the vaccine as a precautionary measure, days after norway said three health care workers had needed hospital treatment. several other european countrie
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