Johnson & Johnson vaccines against COVID-19 have been suspended in the European Union. This is in part the result of pressure from South Africa, which highlights the enormous problem with the African pandemic. In many countries there are still no immunization campaigns. The concern assures that the interruptions in deliveries to Europe are temporary.
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Johnson & Johnson suspended shipments of vaccines to the EU
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Kuczmierowski: We hope that the suspension of vaccine deliveries by J&J is temporary
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1. Johnson & Johnson suspended shipments of vaccines to the EU
Implementation of the contract with Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for the supply to the EU vaccines against COVID-19 has been suspended, the representative of the African Union, Strive Masiyiwa, announced on Thursday. The vaccines produced in South Africa were to be shipped to Europe.
Doses of J&J preparations that have already reached the EU will be returned, Masiyiwa said at a press conference organized by the African Union’s disease control institution. The J&J company has so far sent less than 20 million doses to Europe, and the suspension of further deliveries was partly due to the intervention of the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.