India's Wockhardt rises after extending COVID-19 vaccine supply deal with UK

Wockhardt

10/02/2021 07:44

** Indian drugmaker's shares  WCKH.NS  rise as much as 3.9%
to 540 rupees, highest since Jan. 21
    ** WCKH extends COVID-19 vaccine supply deal with the United
Kingdom by six months to August 2022  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2KG1X4
    ** Manufacturing of the vaccines will continute at WCKH's
Wrexham, North Wales unit
    ** WCKH in August last year signed a deal with the UK
government to supply millions of doses of multiple COVID-19
vaccines, including AstraZeneca's  AZN.L  shot  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2F52FV
    ** Britain, which has rolled out the fastest COVID-19
vaccination programme of any large country, on Tuesday tightened
travel restrictions with hotel quarantine and jail threats
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2KF1PG
    ** WCKH rose 133.6% in 2020

 (Reporting by Anuron Kumar Mitra in Bengaluru)
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