Empty vials of Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus disease vaccine are seen on a table at a vaccination centre in Ronda, Spain, April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photohas cut by half expected deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to the European Union this week, an EU official told Reuters on Monday, compounding supply problems the company has faced since it began shipping doses to the bloc in April.
"We understand there is only a limited temporary reduction of deliveries which is expected to be caught up at a later stage," a spokesman for the European Commission said, declining to say how many doses short this week's delivery will be. "We are working around the clock to develop and broadly activate our manufacturing capabilities to supply our COVID-19 vaccine worldwide," she said.
The Baltimore plant that was producing raw material for J&J's vaccine in the United States is offline after an inspection by U.S. regulators found numerous problems following contamination of a batch that ruined millions of doses.
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