Saudi Arabia to get AstraZeneca Vaccine from India
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to get AstraZeneca Vaccine shots from from India in about a week.
The Serum Institute of India (SII) will supply Saudi Arabia with 3 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses priced at $5.25 each in about a week on behalf of the British drugmaker, its chief executive told Reuters on Monday.
SII has no immediate plans, however, to divert supplies to Europe, even though AstraZeneca has come under pressure from the EU to deliver more shots after announcing a big cut in shipments due to production problems at a Belgian factory.
“We continue to support AstraZeneca wherever they need the support. We are happy to do so,” Chief Executive told Reuters in an interview.
“But we have not been asked to supply any more products for Europe because then that would mean supplies to Africa and India would suffer, and we certainly don’t want that,” he said. “Once I satisfy that I can look at other, richer nations. Six months to a year, that could change.”
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https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/ksa-to-get-astrazeneca-vaccine-shots-4308753/
https://www.astrazeneca.com/covid-19.html
