EU faces delays in Covid-19 vaccine deliveries

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Germany, France, and some other countries have restricted the AstraZeneca vaccine to under-65s. Picture: AP Photo/Francisco Seco

AstraZeneca expects to deliver less than half the 180 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to the EU in the second quarter of 2021. 

The total will be about 130 million doses - well below the 300 million contracted.