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French Industry Minister: AstraZeneca CEO is ‘on a hot seat’ – Metro US

French Industry Minister: AstraZeneca CEO is ‘on a hot seat’

The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine suspended in France
The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine suspended in France

PARIS (Reuters) – The chief executive of AstraZeneca – whose COVID-19 vaccine has been temporarily suspended in several European countries – is “on a hot seat and knows it”, said French Industry Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher.

Pannier-Runacher also told France Info radio on Tuesday that France needed more details from AstraZeneca regarding its COVID-19 vaccine production plans.

(Reporting by Matthias Blamont; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)