The European Union announced plans to invoke emergency rules that could substantially reduce exports to the United Kingdom and other countries for six weeks. AstraZeneca, a central provider of vaccines to the European Union, had reduced EU projected shipments to the EU after encountering production delays at plants in Belgium and the Netherlands. AstraZeneca will…
Timing of COVID-19 vaccine doses sparks debate
The U.K. has delayed the second dose of COVID-19 vaccines to maximize the number of people who can receive the first vaccine dose. The move to delay administering the second dose by up to 12 weeks has prompted criticism from some physicians. The British Medical Association criticized the delay as “grossly unfair.” Dr. Anthony Fauci recently said he…