EU states warn of risks to vaccination credibility as Pfizer slows supplies


BRUSSELS/VILNIUS, Jan 15 (Reuters): European governments said the credibility of their Covid-19 vaccination programmes was at risk on Friday after U.S. pharmaceutical firm Pfizer announced a temporary slowdown of deliveries of its vaccines.

Shots developed by Pfizer with its German partner BioNTech began being delivered in the European Union at the end of December, but around nine of the 27 EU governments complained of "insufficient" doses at a meeting this week, a participant said.

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