UK vaccine supply: is the Covid jab supply delayed, why are there issues - and will under 50s now have to wait?

By Jenna Macfarlane
Published 18th Mar 2021, 12:12 BST
An expected reduction in the country’s vaccine supply is partly due to to a delay in a delivery of millions of AstraZeneca doses from India

NHS England has warned that the UK faces a month-long reduction in its Covid vaccine supply from April.

The expected “significant reduction”, confirmed by health leaders on Wednesday 17 March, is partly due to a delay in a delivery of five million AstraZeneca doses from India.

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