Storm Floods Threaten Key UK Vaccine Production Site

Storm Floods Threaten Key UK Vaccine Production Site
The River Ouse in York floods as rain and recent melting snow raise river levels in York, England on Jan. 21, 2021. Ian Forsyth/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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Flooding overnight threatened a key production site of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in the UK as storm Christoph swelled rivers across the country.

Local authorities in Wrexham, Wales, say they worked through the night, successfully holding off floods at an industrial site where the nationwide supply of the vaccine is put in vials.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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