An AstraZeneca vaccine (illustrative image).
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AFP
“A heavy challenge to take up.
"The Prime Minister, Jean Castex, said on Saturday that he hoped to exceed the target of 10 million people vaccinated against Covid-19 by April 15, while deploring that" the labs "are doing" some misery while respecting the deadlines of delivery ".
"We will have a heavy challenge in April because we will have a lot of vaccines," he said during a visit to a vaccination center in Saint-Maixent-L'Ecole, in Les Deux -Sèvres, before going to the National School for active non-commissioned officers, which trains non-commissioned officers of the Army.
“We have set the goal of 10 million vaccinations by April 15 and I do not despair that we exceed it.
But we have to be careful because the labs do us some trouble in respecting delivery deadlines.
You have to adapt, ”he continued.
AstraZeneca announces further delays
At around the same time this Saturday, the AstraZeneca group announced further delays in the delivery of its vaccine to the European Union.
Faced with production difficulties, the group had decided to use its production sites outside the EU to deliver the 27, but "unfortunately, export restrictions will reduce deliveries in the first quarter" and "probably" in second, according to a spokesperson for the group.
Much criticized for the slow deliveries of vaccines in Europe and the delays of the AstraZeneca group, the European Commission, which has negotiated the contracts on behalf of its 27 member states, announced Thursday that it was extending its mechanism until the end of June. control of vaccine exports and expects deliveries to ramp up in the second quarter.
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