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Pfizer to Cut Vaccine Shipments as Belgian Factory Renovated
- EC president concerned about keeping to dosing schedule
- Renovations will add production after February, companies say
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Pfizer Inc. will decrease deliveries of its Covid-19 vaccine to countries outside the U.S. in the next three to four weeks as it renovates a factory in Belgium.
The updates will help boost capacity beginning in mid-February, according to statements from Norway, Germany, Pfizer and its partner, BioNTech SE. The factory, located in Puurs, supplies vaccine to all countries other than the U.S., the German Health Ministry said.