U.K. Faces Significant Cut in Vaccine Supply for Four Weeks
- Health Secretary says vaccine supplies are always ‘lumpy’
- Hancock affirms end-July goal to offer all adults first dose
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The U.K. is facing a “significant” four-week cut in the supply of Covid-19 vaccines from late-March, forcing medics to stop taking bookings from new patients for next month.
The shortage will mean a shift in focus to providing second doses to the most-vulnerable people who’ve already been offered jabs, and those in priority groups who’ve not yet taken up the offer. The news came as Britain announced that more than 25 million people have now had a first shot of the Pfizer or AstraZeneca Plc vaccines -- about half the adult population.