Boris Johnson insists easing of lockdown is on course despite vaccine supply shortage

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Johnson told a Downing Street press conference on Wednesday: “We have always said that in a vaccination programme of this pace and this scale, some interruptions in supply are inevitable.

The problem with a shipment from the Serum Institute of India (SII) has been blamed by the body’s chief on the country’s government, although Johnson said Narendra Modi’s administration has not stopped any exports.The PM said: “It is true that in the short term we are receiving fewer vaccines than we had planned for a week ago, that is because of a delay in a shipment from the Serum Institute and because of a batch that we currently have in the UK that needs to be retested as part of our rigorous safety programme.“As a result, we will receive slightly.