Article content continuedBritain, which has repeatedly touted its lead in the vaccine rollout race since leaving the EU’s orbit on Jan. 1, said its deliveries must be honoured. “I think we need to make sure that the vaccine supply that has been bought and paid for, procured for those in the U.K., is delivered,” Minister for the Cabinet Office Michael Gove told LBC Radio. The EU scolded AstraZeneca on Wednesday and demanded the drugmaker spell out how it would supply the bloc with reserved doses of COVID-19 vaccine from plants in Europe and Britain. Tensions have risen as both New York-based Pfizer and AstraZeneca, headquartered in Cambridge, England, have had production problems. AstraZeneca’s Soriot told Italy’s La Repubblica the problem concerned manufacturing the vaccine itself – specifically the yield of cell cultures and filtering of the vaccine.

Source: National Post January 28, 2021 19:13 UTC