AstraZeneca shipment from India behind UK vaccine delay, says report

A delayed shipment of AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine from India is behind a cut in the UK’s supply starting later this month, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

Vaccine doses made by one of Astra’s manufacturing partners, the Serum Institute of India Ltd., were delayed, said the person, who didn’t want to be identified because the supply details are private. The delay has to do with the Indian government allowing the export of the doses to the UK, according to another person with knowledge of the situation.

The Serum Institute faces pressure to prioritise India and other