EU criticises AstraZeneca over production shortfalls amid action warning

The Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine (PA)

A leading European Union official has lashed out at AstraZeneca over a massive shortfall in doses produced for the 27-nation bloc.

Sandra Galina, the chief of the European Commission’s health division, threatened that any shots produced by AstraZeneca in the EU could be forced to stay there.