EU officials confessed on Saturday to a "blunder" in invoking Northern Ireland Brexit emergency powers during a showdown with Britain over vaccines, and London said it expected its supply of COVID-19 shots would not be interrupted.
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A ‘No Hard Border’ poster is seen below a road sign on the Irish side of the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland near Bridgend, Ireland, October 16, 2019. Reuters pic
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LONDON, Jan 31 EU officials confessed yesterday to a “blunder” in invoking Northern Ireland Brexit emergency powers during a showdown with Britain over vaccines, and London said it expected its supply of Covid-19 shots would not be interrupted.
The European Union has fallen far behind Britain and the United States in the race to vaccinate its public. It announced on Friday it would impose export controls on vaccines, widely seen as a threat to prevent doses from being sent to Britain.
CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-UK says it expects no vaccine interruption from EU; Brussels admits Irish blunder Reuters 1/30/2021
(Corrects date of Northern Ireland peace deal to 1998 from 1988)
By John Chalmers and Andrew MacAskill
BRUSSELS/LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - EU officials confessed on Saturday to a blunder in invoking Northern Ireland Brexit emergency powers during a showdown with Britain over vaccines, and London said it expected its supply of COVID-19 shots would not be interrupted.
The European Union has fallen far behind Britain and the United States in the race to vaccinate its public. It announced on Friday it would impose export controls on vaccines, widely seen as a threat to prevent doses from being sent to Britain.
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COVID-19: UK says it expects no vaccine interruption from EU; Brussels admits Irish blunder
A No Hard Border poster is seen below a road sign on the Irish side of the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland near Bridgend, Ireland Oct 16, 2019. (Photo: REUTERS/Phil Noble)
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BRUSSELS: EU officials confessed on Saturday (Jan 30) to a blunder in invoking Northern Ireland Brexit emergency powers during a showdown with Britain over vaccines, and London said it expected its supply of COVID-19 shots would not be interrupted.
FILE PHOTO: A No Hard Border poster is seen below a road sign on the Irish side of the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland near Bridgend
BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – EU officials confessed on Saturday to a “blunder” in invoking Northern Ireland Brexit emergency powers during a showdown with Britain over vaccines, and London said it expected its supply of COVID-19 shots would not be interrupted.
The European Union has fallen far behind Britain and the United States in the race to vaccinate its public. It announced on Friday it would impose export controls on vaccines, widely seen as a threat to prevent doses from being sent to Britain.