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Police are currently facing an ongoing incident at a surrounded galley industrial site, with people being asked to stay away.
A bomb disposal unit has been called in to deal with an incident at the Wrexham industrial estate, where AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine is being manufactured and stored, the BBC reported, adding that police in North Wales are also working on the spot.
The broadcaster said a cordon had been put in place near the pharmaceutical company’s factory and the public had been instructed to stay away from the scene.
Earlier, the factory reported that it had received a suspicious package, which led to its partial evacuation.
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A health worker holding a rose receives an AstraZeneca COVISHIELD vaccine during the coronavirus vaccination campaign (COVID-19) at a medical center in Mumbai, India, January 16, 2021
The Wrexham plant, which is capable of producing up to 300 million doses of vaccine a year, reached an agreement in August at the height of the pandemic to help prepare inoculation for distribution across the country.
In particular, he is responsible for putting the vaccine in the vials and packing it to be sent to the UK regulatory authority for inspection, FT wrote earlier this month.
“We are extremely proud to have been selected to partner with the British government on this project,” said Ravi Limaye, director general, when the state contract was first announced.
“We have a sophisticated sterile production facility and a highly skilled workforce,” he continued, praising their assets.
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PHOTO FILE: PHOTO FILE: A sign is seen at an AstraZeneca site in Macclesfield, central England, May 19, 2014.
In addition to the ambitious goals of delivering British-Swedish inoculation to the EU, the UK has recently launched the largest mass vaccination program on its borders, designed to protect tens of millions of people from COVID-19 in a matter of months.
The government plans to provide vaccines to 15 million people – those over 70, health workers and those who need to be protected – by mid-February, and another million over 50 and the rest of the priority groups by spring. It is estimated that these categories represent up to 90-99% of those at risk of dying from highly contagious infection.