What is being done to speed up Covid vaccine production?

Two experts explain the logistics behind the most ambitious vaccination campaign in history

Boxes containing the Pfizer vaccine are prepared for shipping
Boxes containing the Pfizer vaccine are prepared for shipping
(Image credit: Morry Gash/Pool/Getty Images)

Liz Breen, director of the Digital Health Enterprise Zone at the University of Bradford, and Sarah Schiffling, senior lecturer in supply chain management at Liverpool John Moores University, on the logistics behind the global vaccination effort.

The EU has a vaccine shortage problem. AstraZeneca pledged earlier this month to supply two million doses a week to the UK, but has also said it will cut deliveries to the EU from 80 million doses to 31 million during the first quarter of 2021.

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