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AstraZeneca vaccine's global rollout faces more complications
Source: Reuters
INDIA
MARCH 25, 2021 8:36 AM UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
AstraZeneca vaccine's global rollout faces more complications
(Reuters) - The rollout of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, the shot much of the world is relying on to beat the pandemic, faced further complications on Thursday as India halted exports of the vaccine and Europe discussed its own export controls.
India has put a temporary hold on all major exports of the Anglo-Swedish firm’s vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine maker, to meet domestic demand as infections rise, two sources said.
That could delay supplies to dozens of lower-income countries also relying on SII production under the COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme backed by the World Health Organization.
“We understand that deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to lower-income economies participating in the COVAX facility will likely face delays...,” the programme’s procurement and distributing partner UNICEF told Reuters.
India’s move comes as the European Union meets on Thursday to consider giving member states greater scope to block vaccines being exported outside the bloc, much of which is struggling to bring infections down and ramp up immunisation campaigns.
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MARCH 25, 2021 8:36 AM UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
AstraZeneca vaccine's global rollout faces more complications
(Reuters) - The rollout of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, the shot much of the world is relying on to beat the pandemic, faced further complications on Thursday as India halted exports of the vaccine and Europe discussed its own export controls.
India has put a temporary hold on all major exports of the Anglo-Swedish firm’s vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine maker, to meet domestic demand as infections rise, two sources said.
That could delay supplies to dozens of lower-income countries also relying on SII production under the COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme backed by the World Health Organization.
“We understand that deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to lower-income economies participating in the COVAX facility will likely face delays...,” the programme’s procurement and distributing partner UNICEF told Reuters.
India’s move comes as the European Union meets on Thursday to consider giving member states greater scope to block vaccines being exported outside the bloc, much of which is struggling to bring infections down and ramp up immunisation campaigns.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/astrazeneca-vaccines-global-rollout-faces-more-complications-idUSKBN2BH1S1