New tile onEuropean Union in the fight against Coronavirus: AstraZeneca in the second quarter of the year, therefore starting from the end of March, it could supply the 27 member states, Italy included, less than half the doses of Covid vaccine ordered by Brussels. This is what he reports Reuters which cites EU sources. This means that, according to the contract made public in recent days, the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant should deliver “only” to the Union by June 90 million doses instead of the 180 million agreed.
According to the calculations, they should therefore arrive in our country 10 million instead of the 25 planned. This is yet another slap in the face of AstraZeneca in Brussels. The drop in the supply of doses for the second trimester, which was not reported previously, comes after a strong one reduction of supplies as early as the first trimester and could affect the EU’s ability to achieve its goal of vaccinating 70% of adults who want it by the summer, he always added Reuters, who pointed out that AstraZeneca plans to deliver around 40 million doses in the first trimester, again less than half of the 90 million doses it was supposed to deliver. “Discussions on AstraZeneca’s delivery program are ongoing. The company is refining its program and consolidating it on the basis of all production sites available inside and outside Europe. The EU Commission expects to receive a improved proposal“commented a spokesman for the Community Executive.
The indiscretion comes on the day the Italian Ministry of Health published a circular authorizing the use of the vaccine developed against Coronavirus by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, in collaboration with the Irbm of Pomezia, also to individuals aged between 55 and 65 years, unlike what was recommended immediately after Aifa’s green light and “with the exception of extremely vulnerable individuals”. Still today others arrived in our country 500 thousand doses, with which school staff in the regions that have already started this phase of the vaccination plan will continue to be vaccinated in the coming days.
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