Thousands of Afghans were moved to UK in secret scheme after data breach    Trump says attorney general should release any 'credible' information on Epstein    Yemen postpones execution of Indian nurse on death row    Mike Waltz grilled over Signal leak at UN ambassador hearing    Saudi Arabia bans grocery stores from selling tobacco products    Saudi Arabia to expand railway network by over 50% under transport strategy    Health official warns against unsupervised use of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Mounjaro    Saudi tech and innovation delegation explores AI and space partnerships in UK    SFDA refers illegal cosmetics facility to prosecution over expiry date tampering    King Salman chairs Cabinet session, endorses international cooperation and national development initiatives    King Fahad National Library extends weekend hours    GASTAT: Inflation remains stable at 2.3% in June    Saudi Arabia leads MENA in venture capital with $860 million in H1 2025    Biggest human imaging study scans 100,000th person    Beyoncé's unreleased music stolen from car during Cowboy Carter tour    First Harry Potter image released as production begins    Jorge Jesus returns to Saudi Arabia as Al Nassr head coach on one-year deal    Jannik Sinner beats Carlos Alcaraz to win his maiden Wimbledon title    Chelsea defeat PSG 3-0 to win first expanded Club World Cup    Theo Hernández: Al Hilal can compete with Europe's best    Sholay: Bollywood epic roars back to big screen after 50 years with new ending    Ministry launches online booking for slaughterhouses on eve of Eid Al-Adha    Shah Rukh Khan makes Met Gala debut in Sabyasachi    Pakistani star's Bollywood return excites fans and riles far right    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    







Thank you for reporting!
This image will be automatically disabled when it gets reported by several people.



AstraZeneca will deliver 9m additional vaccine doses to EU
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 01 - 02 - 2021

AstraZeneca will supply the EU with nine million additional doses of its coronavirus vaccine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday, amid a row with the pharmaceutical company over the quantity of initial doses.
That will bring the total number of doses delivered in the first quarter of the year to 40 million, still just half of the 80 million doses originally agreed on.
Von der Leyen said it was a "step forward on vaccines" and that "the company will also expand its manufacturing capacity in Europe" after a row with AstraZeneca escalated over the past week.
The EU had said that AstraZeneca was breaking its contract with the bloc by not fulfilling the doses it had promised and said they would take legal action if need be.
Belgian authorities even inspected the company's factory after several crisis meetings failed to resolve the issue.
Her announcement about the additional doses came after she met with representatives from six pharmaceutical companies via videoconference on Sunday.
AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot said that they had only said they would make their "best effort" and said the EU had been slow to sign a contract. The EU signed a contract with the company in August 2020.
AstraZeneca's vaccine was officially authorized for use in the EU on Friday. The announcement about deliveries came just ahead of the jab's authorization.
The two-dose vaccine developed with Oxford University uses a weakened adenovirus that usually causes the common cold in chimpanzees.
There have been some questions about its efficacy in people over the age of 64, however, with German officials stating they would only give the vaccine to younger people as there wasn't enough evidence that it was effective in older individuals. — Euronews


Clic here to read the story from its source.