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Original title: British and US pharmaceutical companies cannot provide vaccines on time, said Italian prime minister “unacceptable”
China News Service, January 24. According to Euronet, citing the EUN news agency, on January 23 local time, Italian Prime Minister Conte criticized Pfizer and AstraZeneca in the UK, saying that the delay in supplying the new corona vaccine was ” unacceptable”. And it seriously violated the spirit of the contract.
On January 18 local time, the ancient city of Pompeii in Campania, Italy, was reopened to tourists because it was defined as a low-risk area for the new corona epidemic. On the first opening day, tourists wore masks to visit the ancient city Image source: Visual ChinaPfizer and AstraZeneca reportedly recently warned that due to production problems, the company is unable to supply to EU countries in accordance with the agreement. AstraZeneca said on the 22nd that the first batch of vaccine supply is estimated to be smaller than the original. Pfizer said it is preparing to modify the plant to increase production, so it needs to temporarily reduce shipments.
Conte criticized this situation on social media and pointed out that Italy’s vaccination plan was based entirely on the agreement reached between pharmaceutical companies and the European Union. Specifically, he noted that AstraZeneca’s vaccine supply situation is even more concerning: If a reduction is confirmed, Italy can only receive 3.4 million doses of vaccine in the first quarter of 2021, which is much lower than the original target of 8 million doses.
Conte said the delays in shipments by pharmaceutical companies are a serious violation of the spirit of the contract, causing great harm to Italy and other countries, and threatened legal action against Pfizer and others.
As of the 23rd, Italians have received 1.31 million doses of vaccine, it is the second EU country with the highest vaccination rate after Germany, almost 40,300 of them have received two doses of vaccine.
According to the data of the epidemic reported by the Italian Ministry of Civil Defense on the 23rd, in the last 24 hours, there were 13,331 new confirmed cases and 488 deaths. At 6:00 p.m. on the 23rd, a total of 2,455,185 confirmed cases nationwide, a total of 85,162 deaths and 1,871,189 cured cases.
On the same day, the Italian Minister of Health, Speranza, signed a decree by which as of January 24, the Lombardy region will adjust from an area of high risk of the red epidemic to an area of moderate prevention of the epidemic orange.
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