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U.K. Offers Help as EU Faces Vaccine Shortage After Astra Fiasco

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EU weighs options after Astra backtracking on deliveries

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By Nikos Chrysoloras, Thomas Penny, and Alberto Nardelli

January 28, 2021 at 10:23 AM UTC

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Britain signaled it may provide assistance to the European Union as the bloc weighs options to safeguard Covid-19 vaccine supplies amid a severe disruption from AstraZeneca Plc.

The potential U.K. offer comes after the EU failed to convince the drugmaker at a meeting Wednesday to divert doses from Britain to make up for a production glitch in the continent.