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The Pfizer jab is the only one granted approval for use in Australia to date and is due to roll out from late next month.
Under the EUâs new âtransparencyâ system, all vaccine producers would effectively have to ask for permission before vials can be sent outside the region â a requirement that will at the very least slow the distribution process.
An escalation of tensions could even trigger a more serious disruption to exports over the coming days and weeks.
Both Pfizer and AstraZeneca have blamed production problems and supply chain challenges for lowering the expected shipments of vaccine to the EUâs 27 countries.
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