"We are working so our vaccine plan programme does not change," Di Maio said on RAI state television. On Saturday Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the delays in vaccine supplies were "unacceptable" and amounted to a serious breach of contractual obligations, adding that Italy would use all available legal tools. Italy will have to rethink its whole vaccination programme if supply problems persist, a senior health official warned. Pfizer last week said it was temporarily slowing supplies to Europe to make manufacturing changes that would boost output. On Friday, a senior official told Reuters AstraZeneca had also informed the European Union it would cut deliveries of its COVID-19 vaccine to the bloc by 60% because of production problems.

Source: bd News24 January 24, 2021 15:11 UTC