Due COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to Italy short of 300,000 doses: official

ROME, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The doses of authorized coronavirus vaccines available in Italy were 300,000 less than due, because of delivery delays, the country's emergency commissioner said on Friday.

"Unfortunately, almost every day now, our forecasts about the progress and duration of the vaccination campaign have to be adjusted...regardless of our efforts," commissioner Domenico Arcuri told a press conference, explaining that the notice of delay in deliveries came from U.S. pharmaceutical company Moderna.