Vaccination centers in Europe are standing ready — but no vaccine is available. Pfizer has cut its production, and AstraZeneca has announced it would be delivering 60% less than agreed with the EU.
The European Union is well behind many other places in the world in its rate of inoculating people against the coronavirus. First, the bloc's vaccination campaign grappled with organizational problems; now, it is facing a shortage of vaccines.
The European Commission had signed contracts with eight manufacturers for a total of about 2 billion doses. But so far only, BioNTech-Pfizer has managed to deliver the goods, and even the US company temporarily cut back its production at the end of January.
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More News On The EU's Vaccine Shortages
Vaccine Shortages Hit E.U. in a Setback for Its Immunization Race -- New York Times
AstraZeneca vaccine row worsens as EU says it has legal right to jabs from drugmaker's two UK plants -- RT
The EU's vaccine bust-up with AstraZeneca is partly of its own making -- Leo Cendrowicz, The Guardian
Why has the EU been so slow to roll out a Covid vaccination programme? -- Guntram Wolff, The Guardian
