AstraZeneca chief says company hopes to catch up, meet EU's Q2 COVID-19 vaccine supply targets

AstraZeneca's Chief Executive Pascal Soriot said on Thursday he hoped to meet the European Union's expectations on the number of COVID-19 vaccines the company can deliver to the bloc in the second quarter of the year.

"We are working 24/7 to improve delivery and hopefully catch up to the expectations for Q2," he told EU lawmakers in a public hearing.