Prognosis

Mystery of Italian Town’s 29 Million Shots Strains EU-Astra Ties

An inspection of bottling plant found the 29 million doses
Astra has hired the plant to fill up to 450 million doses

Laboratory techs run tests for the large-scale production and supply of a Covid-19 vaccine at the Catalent Inc. facility in Anagni, Italy, on Sept. 11, 2020.Photographer: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images

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By Chiara Albanese and Vernon Silver

March 28, 2021 at 4:00 AM UTC

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For the Italian town of Anagni, it came as a shock that the sprawling pharmaceutical plant just beyond its vineyards held 29 million doses of AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine.