LONDON: One of the largest suppliers in the UK seasonal influenza vaccine warns Saturday that there may be delays in sending up to two weeks as a result of the lack of truck drivers.
In a statement that has highlighted concerns about the potential scale of this winter flu outbreak, the Seqirus vaccine company blamed “unexpected challenges related to the delay in transportation” for delivery disruptions in the UK and Wales.
The company said “work hard to complete the delay to allow customers to reschedule their influenza vaccination clinic.” Although the severity of the flu outbreak varies every year, there are fears that past locking is applied to combat Pandemic Coronavirus may make British population more susceptible to flu in the coming months.
“Clear influenza immunization this year is really important, and the reason is very important is because of locking, we have had a highly outstanding influenza level,” said professor of Oxford University, Anthony Harnden.
He was the deputy chairman of the joint committee on vaccination and immunization, which suggested the British government at the launch of the vaccine.
“So we know when there are low-circulated influenza levels in the previous year, often we get a high level of infection the following year so it is possible that we will have a high derivative of influenza this year,” Harndden told the BBC.
Richard Vautrey, Chair of the General Practitionist Committee of the British Medical Association, said that every deficiency of the flu vaccine is likely to affect “significant proportions” local practice and warn “serious impact” in GPS and patients.
Free flu vaccines will be available for more than 35 million people this winter, including all secondary school students, according to the government.
Companies in various industries have reported shipping disturbances due to lack of truck drivers, which have been blamed on various factors.
The main reason is that the driver of the European Union countries returned to the continent as a result of England’s departure from the EU and Pandemic Coronavirus.
Among the many companies that struggle to maintain the stock level is the PUB company JD Wetherspoon, whose founders are vibrant supporters of Brexit, and the KFC fast food chain, McDonald’s and Nando.
Worries rise more than an English flu outbreak in the midst of delaying vaccines
