Boris 'practically had smoke coming out of his ears' over vaccine row

BORIS Johnson was furious during an “extraordinary row” with Pfizer bosses who tried to divert vaccines to the EU, Matt Hancock has revealed.

- Steph Spyro

The UK and the EU were in a tense stand-off in January 2021 when continental figures attempted to shift blame for their slower jab rollout.

Millions of vaccines were being exported from the continent as its people were slating their leaders for failing to provide enough supplies.

The UK had ordered 40 million doses of the Belgium-made Pfizer jab by December 2020 – enough to vaccinate 20 million people.

Bull

Mr Hancock said: “When I got to the Cabinet room, the PM practically had smoke coming out of his ears.

“He was in full bull-in-a-china-shop mode, pacing round the room growling. What really riled him was the fact that only last night he was speaking to Pfizer chief executive Albert Bourla, and Bourla made no mention of it!