She also urged fans to wear a mask, telling them: 'Consider this an order from your Captain - continue to mask up & register to receive your vaccine ASAP'

AstraZeneca defends EU vaccine rollout plan


[The head of AstraZeneca has defended its rollout
of the coronavirus vaccine in the EU,
amid tension with member states over delays in supply.
Pascal Soriot told Italian newspaper La Repubblica that
his team was working "24/7 to fix the very many
issues of production of the vaccine".
He said production was
"basically two months behind where we wanted to be".

He also said the EU's late decision to sign contracts
had given limited time to sort out hiccups with supply.
Mr Soriot, chief executive of the UK-Swedish multinational,
said a contract with the UK had been signed three
months before the one with the EU,
giving more time for glitches to be ironed out.]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55817633


This should be the Main news
Running out of all vaccines.

well that is a point!

The uk signed up for the AZ vaccine 3 months before the EU did. It's perfectly normal that given that we would get first divs on the supply (and we approved it where the EU have not yet)

[QUOTE=bitontheslide;10991659]The uk signed up for the AZ vaccine 3 months before the EU did. It's perfectly normal that given that we would get first divs on the supply (and we approved it where the EU have not yet)[/QUOTE]

I was pretty sure this was the case but Arista said it was not :hee:

My Dad has just had his call....he is getting jabbed tomorrow :amazed:

Netherlands: 3 weeks after first vaccination, same person who got the first jab, also got her second jab now the 39 yr old care worker Sanna Elkadiri

Fantastic news Annie

Thank you :love:
He's proper made up. :laugh:

7.16 million first dose vaccinated today

EU want the UK AZ plants to make up the shortfall in the AZ Belgium and Netherlands plants as they cant meet the doses promised

Let us know how he gets on

oh that's great Annie!

Promising early data out of Israel regarding the vaccine reducing transmission by 60%

Thats very good. We should see the effects from middle February.

The vaccination programme is going so well.
We're definitely going to meet the target!

Yes MTVN
Tit for Tat

They do not get the big AstraZeneca order
only 31,000

So do we get supply of our Paid EU Pfizer stock?


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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55836463

EU and AstraZeneca seek to resolve vaccine crisis

The EU and the UK-based Covid vaccine maker AstraZeneca have vowed to work together to resolve a bitter row over supply shortages to the 27-member bloc.

This comes after crisis talks which both sides described as "constructive".

AstraZeneca earlier said it could deliver only a fraction of the doses it promised in January-March, blaming production issues at European plants.

But the EU said the firm must honour its commitments and deliver the jabs by diverting stock from the UK.

The contract between the EU and AstraZeneca contains a confidentiality clause - but the EU has asked the company to release the details nevertheless.

Reports said last week the EU would get 60% fewer vaccine doses - about 50 million jabs - than promised in the first quarter of the year.

The AstraZeneca vaccine, developed with Oxford University, has not yet been approved by the EU, although this is expected on Friday.

The EU - which has been criticised for the slow rollout of its inoculations - is also facing delays with supplies of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The bloc has a much bigger deal with the US-German vaccine-maker.

Meanwhile, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: "I'm confident of our supplies and we'll keep rolling out vaccines as fast we possibly can. I am very pleased at the moment that we have the fastest rollout of vaccines in Europe by some way."

After Wednesday's crisis talks, EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides expressed regret over the "continued lack of clarity on the delivery schedule".

"We will work with the company to find solutions and deliver vaccines rapidly for EU citizens," she tweeted.

An AstraZeneca spokesman said the company had "committed to even closer co-ordination to jointly chart a path for the delivery of our vaccine over the coming months".

Ms Kyriakides stressed before the talks that UK factories, which have not experienced production problems, were part of its deal with the company and had to deliver.

"The 27 European Union member states are united that AstraZeneca needs to deliver on its commitments in our agreements," she said.

In an interview on Tuesday with Italian newspaper La Repubblica, AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot said the contract compelled it to make its "best effort", rather than obliging it to meet a set deadline for delivery of the vaccines.

Ms Kyriakides said this characterisation of the deal was "not correct or acceptable".

She added that the EU rejected "the logic of first-come first-serve".

"That may work at the neighbourhood butcher's but not in contracts, and not in our advanced purchase agreements."

Ms Kyriakides appeared to be responding to Mr Soriot, who said that the UK had signed its contract with AstraZeneca three months before the EU and that this extra time had been used to "fix all the glitches we experienced" regarding the UK.

What are the supply problems?
The EU signed a deal with AstraZeneca in August for 300 million doses, with an option for 100 million more, but the UK-Swedish company has reported production delays at two plants, one in the Netherlands and one in Belgium.

Mr Soriot said production was "basically two months behind where we wanted to be".

Italy was among the countries threatening to sue over the delays.

EU and vaccines
448mEU population

8.4mPeople received vaccine so far (1.9%)

2.3bnDoses ordered overall

400mDoses ordered from AstraZeneca (Not yet EMA approved) - 17% of total

The EU had hoped that, as soon as approval was given, delivery would start straight away, with some 80 million doses arriving in the 27 nations by March.

Officials have not confirmed publicly how big the shortfall will be, but Reuters news agency reported that deliveries would be reduced to 31 million in the first quarter of this year.

The EU has also ordered 2.3 billion doses of vaccines from four other companies, of which only those of Pfizer/BioNTech (600 million) and Moderna (160 million) have been approved.

My Dad had the AstraZeneca injection at 8.30 this morning. He said it was very well organised and he was in and out in just over 15 minutes as he had to wait to check for any immediate side effects/reactions. Back in 12 weeks for second dose.

...for Annie’s dad...

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Thank you :amazed:

Great news Annie

My 93 year old Grandma has had her first jab this morning too. She lives in the Isle of Man so it's been a bit slower to get to her but they're pretty much Covid free there anyway. They've transformed the airport into a vaccination centre and she was adament she would drive there and back herself but has eventually relented and let my cousin drive her in case her arm was sore afterwards or anything, just as well because she's an awful driver at the best of times

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