Matt Hancock confirms vaccine delay, but says programme is still on track
Telegraph, 18 Mar 2021
A delay in deliveries from India and the need to retest a batch of 1.7 million doses is behind an expected shortfall in coronavirus vaccine supply in April, Matt Hancock has said.
The Health Secretary told MPs a partnership with the Serum Institute of India (SII) is one the UK "can be proud of", despite a delay in deliveries of the AstraZeneca vaccine from its plant.
Vaccine supplies in April will be "tighter" than they are currently in March, he told the House of Commons.
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The Health Secretary told MPs a partnership with the Serum Institute of India (SII) is one the UK "can be proud of", despite a delay in deliveries of the AstraZeneca vaccine from its plant.
Vaccine supplies in April will be "tighter" than they are currently in March, he told the House of Commons.
Read the full story here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/covid-news-vaccines-europe-von-de-leyen-astrazeneca-oxford/
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