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UE enfrenta atrasos na entrega de vacinas
February 25, 2021 - A AstraZeneca espera entregar à UE menos de metade dos 180 milhões de doses da vacina contra a Covid-19 no segundo trimestre de 2021. O total será de 130 milhões de doses – abaixo dos 300 milhões contratados.
The EU has now ordered 2.6 billion doses of vaccines from six manufacturers. The European Medicines Agency has so far approved three for use, of which it has requested 1.2 billion doses -- nearly enough for three jabs for every adult in the bloc. However, the roll-out has been slow, with Germany, France and other countries struggling to accelerate their vaccination programmes.
According to Jens Spahn, Germany’s health minister, each of Germany’s 16 regions could administer 300,000 doses of vaccine a day, yet they manage only 140-150,000 vaccinations a day.
Germany, France, and some other countries have restricted the AstraZeneca vaccine to under-65s -- Germany has received more than 1.5 million AstraZeneca doses, but only used 240,000.
France has administered just 3.9 million out of 7.7 million doses received -- one of the worst records in the EU, according to website Covidtracker.fr/vaccintracker.
By contrast, Denmark and Sweden aim to fully inoculate every adult who wants it by the end of June -- a month before the UK.
Denmark plans to quadruple its capacity to 400,000 shots a day from March until the end of July, aiming to vaccinate 3 million of its 5.8 million population.
Sweden aims to deliver nearly 4 million shots a month between April and June to an adult population of 8.2 million.
- Cumulative COVID-19 vaccination doses administered per 100 people (Our World in Data)
- EU Speeds Up Vaccine Drive After Early Flubs Leave Bloc Behind (Bloomberg)
- Exclusive: AstraZeneca to miss second-quarter EU vaccine supply target by half (Reuters)
- Pfizer and biontech to supply the European Union with 200 million additional doses of Comirnaty (Pfizer)