3.1 Million Doses of AstraZeneca From EU ‘Did Not Turn Up’: Australian PM

Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at a news conference at the CSL facility in Melbourne, Australia, on Feb. 12, 2021. Diego Fedele/Getty Images

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pushed back against allegations he criticised the European Union over delays in the arrival of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Tuesday.

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, he said that he had “simply stated a fact” that  3.1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine did not arrive in Australia from the European Union (EU) by the end of March as initially planned.