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By Ludwig Burger
FRANKFURT, Jan 22 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has
informed the European Commission that it will initially not be
able to deliver the agreed volumes of its COVID-19 vaccine when
it obtains regulatory approval for the bloc, which is expected
by end-January, German newspaper Bild reported on Friday, citing
company sources.
An AstraZeneca spokesman did not have an immediate comment
when contacted by Reuters.
Austrian news site OE24 also reported of the looming
delivery delays, saying that Astra had told the EU's vaccination
coordinators on Thursday that planned deliveries would be
considerably below target during the first quarter.
Without specifying its sources, OE24 reported that Austrian
coordinator Martin Auer told regional states in the country that
Austria's allotments for the first quarter had been cut to
500,000 to 600,000 doses from 2 million previously planned.
(Reporting by Ludwig Burger; editing by Thomas Seythal and
Edward Taylor)
