EU’s massive vaccine shortage

The European Union’s vaccine rollout has come under fire for its slow pace, with bloc-wide shortages leading to a bitter dispute with AstraZeneca and a bid to block vaccine exports


Cumulative vaccine doses per 100 people 	EU 	UK

Dec 2: UK approves Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine

Dec 8-15: UK vaccinates 137,897 people

Dec 21: EU approves Pfizer vaccine 

Dec 30: UK approves AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine 

Jan 29: EU gives green light to AstraZeneca vaccine


Vaccinations in EU to date
12.31 million
         
Vaccinations in UK
9.47 million


Jan 6: EU approves Moderna vaccine

Jan 8: UK approves Moderna vaccine

Jan 15: Pfizer to reduce vaccine deliveries while it upgrades production capacity

Jan 22: AstraZeneca says deliveries to EU will be cut from 80 million doses to 31 million in first quarter. Later increases delivery to 40 million doses

Jan 29: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen triggers Article 16 of Northern
Ireland Protocol in bid to halt EU vaccines entering UK via Ireland. Decision reversed amid furore

2.05	3.94	5.90	8.01	10.79	16.95
0.14	0.59	1.15	1.54	1.98	2.74
JAN 5	10	15	20	25	30
   
    
15 10 5 0
     

Sources: Our World in Data, Bloomberg, Reuters 
Picture: Associated Press 
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