AstraZeneca says to release 2 mln vaccine doses a week to UK by mid-Feb

LONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca is scaling up
releases of COVID-19 vaccine doses to the United Kingdom to the
point where it expects to be providing 2 million a week by or
before the middle of February, a top executive told lawmakers on
Wednesday.

"We've released just over 1.1 million doses, to date, and we
are scaling up as we've said very rapidly. And this will happen
imminently, to releasing 2 million doses a week, we're
absolutely on track to do that," said Tom Keith-Roach, president
of AstraZeneca UK.

"We're scaling up to 2 million a week imminently, and
certainly we hope to be there on or before the middle of
February," he said.
(Reporting by Alistair Smout and Estelle Shirbon, Editing by
Paul Sandle)