Sharjah24 – Reuters: Britain will see a significant reduction in the amount of COVID-19 vaccines available at the end of the month due to a cut in manufacturing supply, it said on Wednesday, in a setback to one of the world's fastest inoculation rollouts.
Britain is on track to have given a first COVID-19 shot to half of all adults in the next few days and passed 25 million first shots on Wednesday, making it the most extensive and quickest programme so far in a European country.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the country remained on track to have vaccinated priority groups by April 15 and all adults by the end of July.
Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca Plc, makers of the two vaccines being used in the country, each said their delivery schedules had not been impacted, and Hancock played down the setback.
"Vaccine supply is always lumpy and we regularly send out technical letters to the NHS to explain the ups and downs of the supply over the future weeks," Hancock told reporters.
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