Fraudsters offer 1 billion COVID-19 doses across EU, agency warns reuters.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reuters.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Johnson & Johnson campus in Irvine, Calif.Credit.Mark Ralston/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
One day after federal regulators authorized Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, senior Biden administration officials warned Sunday that the supply of the new vaccine would be highly uneven for the next month.
In an effort to lower expectations that the authorization of a third Covid vaccine will mean a steady new stream of doses, the officials said that the company will deliver 3.9 million shots this week but none the week after. The officials were speaking in an organized briefing with reporters but refused to be quoted by name.
Amid Slow Vaccine Deliveries, Desperate E.U. Nations Hunt for More
Countries eager to augment the troubled E.U. buying program are eyeing offers from each other, from Russia and China, and from private brokers, some of whom are fraudsters.
A patient receiving a coronavirus vaccine in Gdansk, Poland, last month. The country gave up a chunk of its expected Moderna vaccine quota, reasoning that it would not come soon enough to make much difference.Credit.Bartosz Banka/Agencja Gazeta, via Reuters
Published Feb. 26, 2021Updated March 4, 2021
BRUSSELS In vaccine-hungry, cash-rich Europe, the hunt for more doses has nations trading with each other, weighing purchases from Russia and China, and fielding offers from middlemen ranging from real to outright frauds.
PORTO 2-1 JUVENTUS: Chiesa Layak Dibuatkan Patung & Pirlo Sebut Penyebab Kekalahan Juve tribunnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tribunnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.