{"id":1389070,"date":"2021-01-27T22:22:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T14:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=1389070"},"modified":"2021-01-27T22:22:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T14:22:06","slug":"uk-plant-producing-astrazeneca-vaccines-partially-evacuated-over-suspect-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1389070\/uk-plant-producing-astrazeneca-vaccines-partially-evacuated-over-suspect-package","title":{"rendered":"UK plant producing AstraZeneca vaccines partially evacuated over suspect package"},"content":{"rendered":"
FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, “COVID-19 \/ Coronavirus vaccine \/ Injection only” and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS\/Dado Ruvic\/Illustration\/File Photo<\/p><\/div>\n
LONDON \u2014 <\/span>A plant in Wales that produces AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine has been partially evacuated after a suspicious package was received, the company that operates it said Wednesday.<\/p>\n “Wockhardt UK in Wrexham this morning received a suspicious package to site.\u00a0All relevant authorities were immediately notified and engaged,” the company said, referring to its facility in Wales.<\/p>\n “Upon expert advice, we have partially evacuated the site pending a full investigation. The safety of our employees and business continuity remain of paramount importance.”<\/p>\n Earlier, the BBC reported that a police bomb disposal unit has been sent to the plant.<\/p>\n “We are currently dealing with an ongoing incident on the Wrexham Industrial Estate,” local police said in a statement, adding that the public should avoid the area.<\/p>\n Wockhardt UK provides fill-and-finish capacity for AstraZeneca’s UK supply chain, which is the final manufacturing step of putting vaccines into vials or syringes and packaging them.<\/p>\n AstraZeneca has agreed to supply Britain with 100 million doses of the vaccine, developed by Oxford University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LONDON \u2014 A plant in Wales that produces AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine has been partially evacuated after a suspicious package was received, the company that operates it said Wednesday. “Wockhardt UK in Wrexham this morning received a suspicious package to site.\u00a0All relevant authorities were immediately notified and engaged,” the company said, referring to its facility in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1117,"featured_media":1377663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,43],"tags":[180413,70632,563571,13501,11253],"byline":[],"source":[669912],"column":[],"editor":[213420],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n