We want the shots we ordered, UK says, as Europe s vaccine row escalates
EU is scrambling to get supplies just as the West’s biggest drugmakers slow deliveries due to production problems
Reuters
January 28, 2021
LONDON:
Europe’s fight to secure Covid-19 vaccine supplies sharpened on Thursday when Britain demanded that it receive all the shots it paid for after the European Union asked AstraZeneca to divert supplies from the UK.
The EU, whose member states are far behind Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States in rolling out vaccines, is scrambling to get supplies just as the West’s biggest drugmakers slow deliveries to the bloc due to production problems.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe’s fight to secure COVID-19 vaccine supplies intensified on Thursday when the European Union warned drug companies such as AstraZeneca that it would use all legal means or even block exports unless they agreed to deliver shots as promised.
The EU, whose member states are far behind Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States in rolling out vaccines, is scrambling to get supplies just as the West’s biggest drugmakers slow deliveries to the bloc due to production problems.
As vaccination centres in Germany, France and Spain cancelled or delayed appointments, the EU publicly rebuked Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca for failing to deliver and even asked if it could divert supplies from Britain.
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LONDON: Europe s fight to secure COVID-19 vaccine supplies sharpened on Thursday (Jan 28) when Britain demanded that it receive all the shots it paid for after the European Union asked AstraZeneca to divert supplies from the UK.