'As a precautionary measure, the remaining stocks of the affected vaccine batch are no longer being issued or vaccinated,' it added. In January, AstraZeneca slashed its first-quarter supplies to the EU from 90 million to 40 million doses. In total, it has ordered up to 400 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine and sealed agreements with other companies for more than two billion inoculations. But only 33 million doses have been given so far, and only 11 million Europeans have been fully vaccinated. Teachers and police officers under 50 have been bumped up the priority list, providing they accept the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Source: Daily Mail March 07, 2021 13:19 UTC