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Pfizer is temporarily limiting the amount of vaccines it can deliver to Europe until they can expand their production capacity, writes The Guardian.
As stated by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health,
the restriction will affect all European countries. It is still not entirely clear how long it will take for Pfizer to restore production to maximum.
The company was informed that the manufacturing process would be modified, which would require further regulatory approvals. As they said
Although all this will temporarily affect deliveries in January and the first half of February, we need to be able to significantly increase production at the end of February.
Six EU countries, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, wrote to the head of the European Commission on Friday saying it was “unacceptable” that Pfizer had informed them of significant reductions in their expected shipments in the coming weeks. They wrote:
This not only affects the planned vaccination schedules, but also undermines the credibility of the entire process.
The European Commission has been asked to put pressure on the company to ensure accurate and stable fulfillment of orders.
Later, Ursula von der Leyen, head of the European Commission, reported that she had spoken by phone with Pfizer.
Vaccine doses scheduled for the first trimester will be delivered on time.
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